P. K. Vasudevan Nair

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{{short description|former Chief Minister of Kerala}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name =P. K. Vasudevan Nair
| image = P.K. Vasudevan Nair.jpg
| image_size = 210px
| caption =
| order1 = 7th
| office1 = Chief Minister of Kerala
| governor1 = [[Jothi Venkatachalam]]
| term_start1 = 29 October 1978
| term_end1 = 7 October 1979
| predecessor1 = [[A. K. Antony]]
| successor1 = [[C.H. Mohammed Koya]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start2 = 2004<ref>http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/statedetailar.aspx?state_name=Kerala&lsno=14 Members 14th of Loksabha 2004-09</ref>
| term_end2 = 12 July 2005
| predecessor2 = [[V. S. Sivakumar]]
| successor2 = [[Pannyan Raveendran]]
| constituency2 = [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]]
| term_start3 = 1967<ref>http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/statedetailar.aspx?state_name=Kerala&lsno=4 Members 4th of Loksabha 1967-71</ref>
| term_end3 = 1971
| predecessor3 = Established
| successor3 = M. M. Joseph
| constituency3 = [[Idukki (Lok Sabha constituency)|Peermade]]
| term_start4 = 1962<ref>http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/statedetailar.aspx?state_name=Kerala&lsno=3 Members 3rd of Loksabha 1962-67</ref>
| term_end4 = 1967
| predecessor4 = [[P.T. Punnoose]]
| successor4 = [[Susheela Gopalan]]
| constituency4 = [[Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ambalappuzha]]
| term_start5 = 1957<ref>http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/statedetailar.aspx?state_name=Kerala&lsno=2 Members 2nd of Loksabha 1957-62</ref>
| term_end5 = 1962
| predecessor5 = [[Chalakuzhy Paulose Mathen|C. P. Mathen]]
| successor5 = [[Ravindra Varma]]
| constituency5 = [[Mavelikara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvalla]]
| office6 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start6 = 1977<ref>http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/mem_1_5.htm Members of 5th KLA 1977-80</ref>
| term_end6 = 1982<ref>http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/mem_1_6.htm Members of 6th KLA 1980-82</ref>
| predecessor6 = [[T. V. Thomas]]
| successor6 = [[K. P. Ramachandran Nair]]
| constituency6 = [[Alappuzha (State Assembly constituency)|Alappuzha]]
| office8 = Secretary of the [[Communist Party of India]] Kerala State Council
| term_start8 = 1984
| term_end8 = 1998
| predecessor8 = [[S. Kumaran]]
| successor8 = [[Veliyam Bharghavan]]
| birth_name = Padayatt Kesavapillai Vasudevan Nair
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1926|3|2}}
| birth_place =[[Kidangoor, Kottayam]], [[Travancore]], [[British India]]
| residence =
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2005|7|12|1926|3|2}}
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India]]
| spouse = K. P. Lakshmi Kutty Amma
| children = 3 sons and 2 daughters
| alma_mater = [[Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram]]
| website =
| footnotes =
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'''Padayatt Kesavapillai Vasudevan Nair''' (2 March 1926 – 12 July 2005), popularly known as '''PKV''', was the 9th [[Chief Minister of Kerala]] and a senior leader of the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI). He was elected to the Lok Sabha four times, in [[1957 Indian general election|1957]], [[1962 Indian general election|1962]], [[1967 Indian general election|1967]] and [[2004 Indian general election|2004]], and to the [[Kerala Legislature|Kerala Legislative Assembly]] twice, in [[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]] and [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]. He became Chief Minister on 20 October 1978, following [[A. K. Antony]]'s resignation as Chief Minister.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Veteran CPI leader 'PKV' passes on|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/veteran-cpi-leader-pkv-passes-on/310067|access-date=2020-09-08|website=outlookindia.com/}}</ref> However he resigned 7 October 1979 owing to differences with other parties in the [[United Front (1970-79, Kerala)|United Front]].

He was the founder-president of the Travancore Students Union, [[All India Students Federation]] (AISF) and [[All India Youth Federation]] (AIYF). He remained with the CPI after the split in the Communist movement in 1964 and was elected the party's State secretary in 1982.

==Early life and education==
He was born in Kidangoor village in Kottayam, Kerala to a [[Hindu]] [[Nair]] family of Kesava Pillai and Nanikutty Amma. He was their eldest child. He began his political life as a student activist while studying in [[Union Christian College, Aluva]], when the whole country was in upheaval having entered the final phase of [[Indian independence movement|freedom struggle]]. After graduating in Physics he went for study law at Government Law College, [[Thiruvananthapuram]]. PKV had his baptism in politics during his student days as an activist of the [[All India Students Federation]] (AISF).

== Political career ==

=== Youth politics ===
He joined the [[Communist Party of India]] in 1945 like many young radicals of his time who thought Congress were too moderate and pro-rich. The subsequent years saw him evolve as a student and youth leader. He was the president of Travancore Students' Union in 1947 and elected as President of All Kerala Students Federation in 1948.

=== Politics in Travancore-Cochin state ===
PKV was first arrested for making a speech against the royal ruler of Travancore. He was among hundreds of communists who went underground when the Communist Party of India was banned following its adoption of the [[Calcutta Thesis]] that called for armed struggle against the ruling government in 1948. He took part in underground activities from 1948–51 and was arrested in 1951 in connection with students' movement.

P K Vasudevan Nair and Balraj Sahani backed the idea of All India Youth Federation. Delhi's firebrand youth leader, [[Guru Radha Kishan]] was very active in organising the first national conference of AIYF in Delhi, this wholehearted effort was visible when more than 250 delegates and observers across India representing several youth organizations of various states attended this conference. PKV had acted as president of [[All India Students Federation]], [[All India Youth Federation]] (AIYF) and Vice President of [[World Federation of Democratic Youth]] (WFDY).

=== Niyamasabha MLA and Lok Sabha MP ===
He was elected to the Lok Sabha from [[Tiruvalla]] in 1957 from [[Ambalappuzha]] in 1962 and from [[Peermade]] in 1967. He was in the panel of chairmen and secretary of CPI Parliamentary Party in the Lok Sabha from 1967 to 1970. He was elected the MLA from [[Alappuzha (State Assembly constituency)|Alappuzha]] in 1977 and 1980.

=== Chief Minister ===
When the Communist Party split in 1964, he stayed the CPI. After a long national parliamentary career, PKV returned to state politics in the 1970s and was elected to the Kerala Assembly in 1977 in the election held after the Emergency. He was the Industries Minister in the [[K. Karunakaran|Karunakaran]] and [[A.K. Antony]] ministries from April 1977 to October 1978. When Antony resigned in 1979 protesting against the Congress' choice of [[Indira Gandhi]] as a candidate in [[Chikmagalur]] [[Lok Sabha]] by-election, PKV became Chief Minister with the support of the Congress on 29 October 1978 and occupied the post till 7 October 1979.

== Personal life ==
[[File:Cpipkvtvnd (87).JPG|thumb|right|PKV election mural 2004]]

Whether in or out of power, he had always lead a simple life and had been accessible to all sections of people. An ardent communist, the epitome of simplicity and a crusader for people's causes in his long political career spanning six decades that saw him elected to the post of Chief Minister, four-time MP and leader of CPI's Parliamentary Group in the Lok Sabha. He had left a vivid impression in the minds of the people.

From 1982 to 2004, PKV had stayed away from electoral politics, concentrating his time and energy on the organisational front. During this period, he mostly served as the state secretary of CPI.

PKV also served as editor of Janayugom daily, the organ of the Communist Party of India between 1954–57.

== Death ==
P. K. Vasudevan Nair died at 3.35 PM on 12 July 2005 in AIIMS, New Delhi following multiple organ failure brought about by chronic heart ailment and severe diabetes. He was serving as the [[Lok Sabha]] MP from [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]] constituency, elected in [[2004 Indian general election|2004]] elections. He was cremated at his daughter house at [[valayanchirangara]] near [[Perumbavoor]].<ref name=":0" /> His wife, Lakshmikutty Amma, who was the younger sister of [[P. Govinda Pillai]], a veteran Marxist scholar and PKV's classmate, died eight years later on 6 July 2013. The couple are survived by their three sons and two daughters.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{Citation|title=Chief Ministers, Ministers, and Leaders of Opposition of Kerala|last=|publisher=Secratriat of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Kerala Legislature]]|year=2018|location=[[Thiruvananthapuram]]|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/14kla/chief%20ministers,%20ministers,%20leaders%20of%20opposition.pdf}}
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B. N. Vijaya Kumar

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image=BN Vijay Kumar.jpeg
| office =Member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2008
| term_end = 4 May 2018
| predecessor = [[Ramalinga Reddy]]
| successor = [[Soumya Reddy]]
| constituency = [[Jayanagar (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Jayanagar]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| birth_date= {{birth date|1958|07|07|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|05|4|1958|7|7|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], India
}}

'''B. N. Vijaya Kumar''' (October 1958 – 4 May 2018) was an Indian politician who was a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Jayanagar, Bangalore|Jayanagar]] in [[Bangalore]]. Kumar was a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], having joined in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/bn-vijaya-kumar-passes-away-at-59-two-time-bjp-mla-played-active-role-in-abvp-spearheaded-rti-movement-4456085.html|title=BN Vijaya Kumar passes away at 59: Two-time BJP MLA played active role in ABVP, spearheaded RTI movement - Firstpost|website=www.firstpost.com|accessdate=11 May 2018}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Vijaya Kumar was born in October 1958.<ref>{{cite web |title=B.N.Vijay Kumar, BJP Karnataka |url=http://karnataka.bjp.org/b-n-vijay-kumar/ |website=karnataka.bjp.org |publisher=karnataka.bjp.org |accessdate=13 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613141519/http://karnataka.bjp.org/b-n-vijay-kumar/ |archive-date=13 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He completed schooling in HAL School and RV High School, and graduated in BE [[Civil Engineering]] from the [[BMS College of Engineering]], Bangalore. He joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in 1990.

He was General Secretary of Bangalore City BJP for almost 12 years. He was representing Jayanagar Assembly Constituency. He was also President of BJP for Bangalore city unit.
He was elected 2 times in a row as MLA from Jayanagar Constituency.

He had started many developmental projects in his constituency, including the [[Swachh Bharat Abhiyan|Swacha Bharat campaign]] of Government of India.

He died after a massive heart attack on 4 May 2018.

==Sources==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.thisweekbangalore.com/issue174/news12-Jayanagar-Academic.html |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130204080138/http://www.thisweekbangalore.com/issue174/news12-Jayanagar-Academic.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2013 |title=From Jayanagar Academic Committee |accessdate=22 November 2012 }}
* {{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Jayanagar-MLA-harvests-water-in-backyard-/articleshow/3469275.cms | title=Jayanagar MLA harvests water in backyard | date=11 September 2008 | accessdate=11 January 2020 | first=Aarthi | last=R | newspaper=The Times Of India}}

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