Tara Chand was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Himachal Pradesh Territorial Council in 1962, from the Jogindernagar constituency. [1] He was the sole Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate elected to the council (which was converted into the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly). [1] [2] [3] When CPI split in 1964 Tarachand sided with the Communist Party of India (Marxist), become a leading figure of CPI(M) in Himachal Pradesh. [2] [4] [5] He was elected secretary of the CPI(M) Himachal Pradesh State Committee in 1978. [6] He served as president of the Himachal Pradesh Kisan Sabha. [7]
Tara Chand died in the late 1990s. [7]