Veteran socialist and trade union leader Kishore Pawar died in a hospital here today due to old age-related ailments.
Pawar (86), who had been undergoing treatment for the last one month, was put on ventilator support last night, hospital sources said, adding that he passed away this morning.
Known for his strong commitment to various social causes and trade union issues, Pawar had participated in Hyderabad and Goa freedom struggle as well as the Samyukta Maharashtra movement.
He had close association with veteran socialist leaders like Jayprakash Narain, S.M. Joshi and N G Goray.
He had also organised and led workers and sugarcane growers in the sugar cooperative belt in western Maharashtra.
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