1952: Born in Madras (now Chennai) on August 12, 1952, to Sarveswara and Kalpakam Yechury. He completed his schooling in Hyd💮ౠerabad.
1969: Shifted to Delhi a𓆉s the Telangana protests spread in Andhra Pradesh. He studied Economics at Delhi University’s St. Stephen’s College and later pursued his master’s degree at Jawaharlal Nehꦜru University (JNU).
1974: Joined the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), the Leftist student🦩 organisation.
1975: Became a me💎mber of the Communist Party of India (Marx𒉰ist) [CPI (M)].
1975-1977: During the Emergency, Yechury organised resistance against the government. He is aﷺrrested in 1975.
1977-78: Elected thrice as JNUSU (Jawaharlal Nehru꧑ University Students’ Union) president.
1984: Elected All India President of SFI.
1985: Became a member of th♐e Central Co🌄mmittee of CPI(M).
1989: Inducted in thℱജe Central Secretariat of the party.
1992: Elected💯 to the Politburo, the highest body🐼 of the CPI(M).
2004: Worked on buildinꦚg the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), which formed the government at the Centre.
2005: Elected to Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. He sཧerved as a Rajya Sabha member for 15 yeജars.
2015: Became general🀅 secretary of the CPI (M), succeeding Pra🙈kash Karat.
2018: Re-elected as CPI(M) ge🐭neral secretary for tꦉhe second time.
2020-2021: He played a comrade for protesting༒ farmers a🐈nd migrants during Covid-19.
2022: Re-elected as CPI(M) general secretarꦬy for t♚he third time.
2023: Plaꦐyed a crucial role in the formation 🧸of the INDIA alliance of opposition parties.
September 12, 2024: Sitaram Yechury passes away at the age of 72 due to acute respiratory t𝓰ract inf♐ection.
He is survived by his wife, Seema 🌄Chisti, and daugh✃ter, Akhila Yechury.
