Harkishan Singh Surjeet  born on 23 March 1916. He was a communist  politician  from Punjab, India. He was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005 and was a member of the party's Political Bureau from 1964 to 2008.

Born in a Basi Jat family in Bundala, Jalandhar  district, started his political career in the national liberation movement in his early teens, as a follower of Bhagat Singh.
In 1930 he joined the movement of Bhagat Singh, Naujawan Bharat Sabha.
On the anniversary of the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Surjeet hoisted the Indian tricolour at the court in Hoshiarpur, an action during which he was shot at twice.
Later he was imprisoned by the colonial regime for his action.
In court he stated his name as London Tod Singh.
 In 1936, Surjeet joined the Communist Party of India. He was a co-founder of the Kisan Sabha  in Punjab. In the pre-war years he started publishing Dukhi Duniya and Chingari.
When India became independent and partitioned in 1947, Surjeet was the Secretary of CPI in Punjab. Although born a Sikh, Surjeet remained a life-long Atheist.