SSLC; born in 1916; Teacher. Member, 1st KLA [Mannarghat-CPI], 2nd KLA [Mannarghat-CPI]. Active worker of the Congress and the Congress Socialist Party during 1936-40; Later joined Communist Party and organised party units in Cochin, Kurumbanad and Walluvanad; Went underground for three years in 1948. Obituary made on 27-02-1976.
Graduate, BL; Advocate; born on 27 December 1922; Wife: T.N.Sumathi; 2 Sons, 3 Daughters. Member, Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly (1952-53) & (1954-56), 1st KLA [Kunnakulam-CPI], 3rd KLA [Nattika-CPI (M)], 4th KLA [Kunnamkulam-CPI (M)]. Chairman, Committee on Public Accounts (1973-74), Estimates Committee (1967-68), Assurance Committee (1976-77), Library Advisory Committee (1975-76); Chief Whip, The United Front (1967-69); President, Indian Coffee Board Workers Co-operative Society; V [...]
Red Herring The Kerala Government’s Education Bill is strong but necessary medicine. Its several ingredients are meant to cure various specific ills which afflict Primary and secondary schools in the State. For this reason it need not be paraded as a model for all other States to emulate. For the same reason it cannot be fairly examined outside the context of the concrete conditions obtaining in Kerala. What are these conditions? Whereas in India as a whole nearly 80 percent of the people are il [...]
born in September 1913. Member, 1st KLA [Thrikadavoor-General-Congress], 2nd KLA [Thrikadavoor-Reserved-Congress]. Secretary and President, Pulayar Sabha; Member, State Advisory Committee for Harijan Welfare and Evaluation Committee of the State Legislature; Actively involved in Harijan upliftment; Actively participated in Freedom movement. Expired on 26-05-1996; Obituary made on 29-07-1996.
Education in Kerala Sir, one of the important features regarding schools in many progressive countries is that the schools in general have a special relationship to the localities which they serve, so that the people of each locality can say that the school is theirs. They are proud of the school and they strive to see that the school is efficient with good buildings and equipment and efficient and contented staff, because it is the school for their own children. This relationship is very import [...]
Kerala Education Bill KERALA has the highest rate of literacy in India and this must be attributed to the large numbers of schools in the State. So keen is the population on education that running a school has become a very popular enterprise. It is not surprising therefore that among this large group of institutions, there are some that are not properly managed and in which teachers have much to complain of. The Communist Government of Kerala has sought to tackle this problem in their new Educa [...]
born on 08 May 1914; Wife:M.K.Parvathy; 1 Son, 1 Daughter. Member, Madras Legislative Assembly (1952-56), 1st KLA [Alathur-CPI], 2nd KLA [Alathur-CPI], 3rd KLA [Alathur-CPI(M)], 4th KLA [Alathur-CPI(M)]. Working Committee Member, Kerala Karshaka Sanghom; President, Palaghat District Karshaka Sangham; Member, Palakkad District Committee and State Secretariat CPI(M); Imprisoned for two years and four months between 1938 and 1965. Expired on 28-01-1995; Obituary made on 30-03-1995.
Post Graduate, LT; Teacher; Born on 15 January 1890. Member, 1st KLA [Guruvayoor-Independent]. School Assistant in Madras Government Service during 1923 to 1945; Deputed by Government of India to Work at Durban, South Africa. Publications: Nakshatra Deepika, Malayalam Technical Dictionary and Jyotisha Balabodhini. Obituary made on 16-01-1968.
B.A Course completed; born on 28 June 1910. Member, Kochi Legislative Assembly (1945-48) and (1948-49), Travancore Cochin Legislative Assembly (1949-52), (1952-53) and (1954-56); 1st KLA [Vadakkancherry-General-Congress], 2nd KLA [Vadakkencherry-Congress]. Deputy Speaker, Cochin Legislative Assembly; Deputy Speaker, Travancore Cochin Legislative Assembly, Minister for Local Self Government in Travancore-Cochin Legislataive Assembly during (1952-53) and (1955-56). Expired on 22-02-1987; Obituary [...]
Born in 1909. Member, 1st KLA [Badagara-CPI], 3rd KLA [Meppayur-CPI(M)]. Member, Badagara Panchayat, Kerala Karshaka Sanghom, CPI State Council, Municipal Chairman, Badagara, Participated in Freedom Struggle; Imprisoned during 1932-34. Expired on 17-05-1991; Obituary made on 25-07-1991.