Romesh Chandra

Romesh Chandra
Romesh Chandra (left) and German politician Erich Honecker (right)
Born	(1919-03-30)30 March 1919 Lyallpur, British India (now Faisalabad, Pakistan)
Died	4 July 2016(2016-07-04) (aged 97) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Known for	Indian Communist President of the World Peace Council
Political party	Communist Party of India

Romesh Chandra (30 March 1919 – 4 July 2016) was a leader of the Communist Party of India (CPI). He took part in the Indian independence struggle as student leader of CPI after joining it in 1939. He held various posts within the party. He became president of the World Peace Council in 1977.