[C.P.I.(M) – Chirayinkil (Kerala)]

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Children

Educational Qualifications

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Present Address

Positions held

1965

1967

1980

1991

Other Positions held

Books published

Favourite Pastime and Recreation

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Other Information

Married on 10th September, 1952

Late Shri A.K. Gopalan

One daughter

Educated at Kayam Kulam Boys High School and S.D. High School, Alleppey*; St Mary’s College, Trichur; Women’s College, Trivandrum**; S.D. College, Alleppey

Political Worker

Karunakara Villa, P.O. Muhamma, Distt. Alleppey (Kerala). Tel. 363 (S.L. Puram)

20, Janpath, New Delhi-110001. Tel. 3782435

Elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly (while in Jail)

Elected to Lok Sabha (Fourth)

Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh)

Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the third time

Member, State Sectt., C.P.I.(M), Kerala for 14 years

Member, Central Committee, C.P.I.(M), Kerala (Presently)

Translated the book ‘The Golden Flower’ from English to Malayalam

Reading, gardening and looking after the farms

Burma, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Rumania, U.K., U.S.S.R. and Vietnam

Joined the Communist Party in 1948; was active in the Students’ Movement; participated in the Students’ struggle in 1947 against the then Diwan of Travancore; jailed for 16 months in 1965-66; arrested and detained for one week during the Emergency period; President, Women’s Federation for 12 years; Secretary, Kerala Working Women’s Coordination Committee for 8 years; President, Kerala Coir Workers’ Centre for the last 12 years; Vice-president, All India C.I.T.U. for the last 12 years; Vice-President, Kerala Union, C.I.T.U.; President, All India Democratic Women’s Association for the last 22 years; and Chairman, Kerala Circle Coordination Committee of NFPTE for the last 12 years; associated with many Trade Unions.