Avtar Singh Malhotra

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Avtar Singh Malhotra
ਅਵਤਾਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਮਲਹੋਤਰਾ

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1917|04|18}}

| birth_place = Rawalpindi, Punjab, British Raj (now Pakistan)

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2005|05|23|1917|04|18}}

| death_place = Chandigarh, Punjab, India

| occupation = Politician

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Avtar Singh Malhotra ({{langx|pa|ਅਵਤਾਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਮਲਹੋਤਰਾ}}; 18 April 1917 – 23 May 2005){{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050524/punjab1.htm|publisher=tribuneindia.com|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab – Veteran Communist leader dead, 23 May 2005. Tribune News Service |accessdate=24 February 2017}} was a Punjabi politician belonging to the Communist Party of India from Punjab, India. He is famous for his active leadership to communist and patriotic resistance in 1980's during separatist insurgency in Punjab.{{cite book|title=Modern History of Punjab: A Look Back into Ancient Peaceful Punjab Focusing Confrontation and Failures Leading to Present Punjab Problem, and a Peep Ahead : Relevant Select Documents|author1=Aggarwal, J.C.|author2=Agrawal, S.P.|date=1992|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=9788170224310|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-CN0Q4g-dwC&pg=PA284|page=284|accessdate=24 February 2017}}