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'''M. S. Krishnan''', or '''MSK''', was an Indian [[trade union]]ist and leader of [[Communist Party of India]].<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=The Working Class|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZYZfdZ2GZZEC|year=2000|publisher=Centre of Indian Trade Unions|page=25}}</ref> MSK became involved in student movement, and would leave his studies unfinished to become a full-time labour organizer in [[Bangalore]].<ref name=a/> He was jailed on a number of occasions.<ref name=a/> He donated all property he had inherited to the Communist Party.<ref name=a/> MSK was elected to the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] four times as a CPI candidate (1967, 1972, 1978, 1983)<!-- the ECI statistical report of 1967 lists him as a CPM candidate, this is clearly wrong from context --> - twice from the [[Malleshwaram (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Malleswaram constituency]] and twice from the [[Rajaji Nagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rajajinagar constituency]].<ref name=a/><ref name=toi>''Times of India''. ''[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/left-parties-keen-to-make-a-comeback-with-grand-alliance/articleshow/63035368.cms Karnataka polls: Left parties keen to make a comeback with grand alliance]''</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=India, a Reference Annual|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ujBEAAAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.|page=477}}</ref> As of the late 1970s he was the publisher of the Kannada-language monthly ''Aruna''.<ref name="Newspapers1978">{{cite book|author=India. Office of the Registrar of Newspapers|title=Press in India: Annual Report of the Registrar of Newspapers for India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wO-TuEKxC_gC&pg=PA298|year=1978|publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|page=298}}</ref><br />
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As of the mid-1980s he served as the Secretary of the CPI Karnataka State Council.<ref>{{cite book|title=Amity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W31IUwvoAvsC|year=1985|publisher=Indo-Soviet Cultural Society.|page=28}}</ref><ref name="Rao1989">{{cite book|author=Y. V. Krishna Rao|title=Trends in Agrarian Economy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=escgAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=People's Publishing House|page=246|isbn=978-81-7007-091-7 }}</ref><br />
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He served as President of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]] 1990–1995.<ref name=a/><ref>All India Trade Union Congress. [https://mighil.com/39th-session-of-aiutc 39th Session of AITUC Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> MSK was active in organizing public sector unions in Bangalore, and took active part in the Joint Action Front as a measure to mobilize public sector workers.<ref name=a/><br />
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MSK died on September 5, 2000.<ref name=a/><br />
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