Answer the following question: Facts: - alt: pash - honorific prefix: comrade - other names: pash - death cause: killed by khalistan movement extremists - death date: 23 march 1988 - organization: communist party of india -lrb- marxist -- leninist -rrb- - birth date: 09 september 1950 - name: avtar singh sandhu - nationality: indian - image: avtar singh sandhu.jpg - occupation: poet/activist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of pash .
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pash or paash -lrb- ; september 9 , 1950 -- march 23 , 1988 -rrb- was the pen name of avtar singh sandhu , one of the major poets of the naxalite movement in the punjabi literature of the 1970s .he was killed by khalistani extremists on march 23 , 1988 .his strongly left-wing views were reflected in his poetry .