Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Mukundapuram (Kerala )
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Party Name :
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Indian National Congress(INC)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Late Shri Ramunni Marar
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Mother’s Name
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Late Smt. Kaliyani Amma
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Date of Birth
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05.07.1918
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Place of Birth
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Kannur (Kerala)
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Marital Status
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Widower
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Date of Marriage
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02 Jun 1954
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Spouse’s Name
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Late Smt. Kalyanikutty Amma
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No. of Sons
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1
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational Qualifications
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Matriculate
Educated at Raja’s High School and College of Arts, Trissur (Kerala)
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Profession
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Artist
Social Worker, Trade Unionist
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Permanent Address |
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Murali Mandiram, Punkunnam,
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Trissur, Kerala
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Present Address |
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9, Krishna Menon Marg,
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New Delhi – 110011
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(011) 23794667, 23792565
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Position Held |
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1945-47
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Member, Trichur Municipal Corporation
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1948-49
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Member, Cochin Legislative Assembly
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1952-54
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Member, Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly
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Chief Whip, Congress Legislative Party, Kerala
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1965-95
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Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly (seven terms)
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1967-69
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Leader of the Opposition, Kerala Legislative Assembly (four times)
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1968-70
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Chairman, Public Accounts Committee
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1969 onwards
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Member, Congress Working Committee
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1971-77
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Cabinet Minister, Home Affairs, Kerala
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March-April 1977
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Chief Minister, Kerala
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1978
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Leader of the Opposition, Kerala Legislative Assembly
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1980-81
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Leader of the Opposition, Kerala Legislative Assembly (four times)
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1981-82
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Chief Minister, Kerala (2nd term)
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1982-87
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Chief Minister, Kerala (3rd term)
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1984 onwards
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Member, Congress Parliamentary Board
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1987
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Chairman, Committee on Socio-economic Policies, All India Congress
Committee (A.I.C.C.)
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1987-91
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Leader of the Opposition, Kerala Legislative Assembly (four times)
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1991-95
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Chief Minister, Kerala (4th term)
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1995-96
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Union Cabinet Minister, Industries
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1995-98
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Member, Rajya Sabha
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Member, Committee on Science and Technology
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Member, Committee on Environment and Forests
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce
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1998
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Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
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1998-99
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Chairman, Committee on Energy and its Sub-Committees
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1999-2000
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Member, Rules Committee
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Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Represented various socio-cultural fora as a student
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Special Interests
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Arts and painting
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled (12 countries)
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Other Information
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Actively participated in Freedom Struggle; organised trade unions; Founder-Member, Indian
National Trade Union Congress (I.N.T.U.C.), Kerala; Chairman, Committee on Population,
National Development Council, 1992; Convenor, Committee on Price Rise, Unemployment and
Housing, A.I.C.C.; and Member, Indian Delegation to I.L.O. Conference, 1957
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Reference: Loksabha