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	\| name = N. Sreekantan Nair		\| honorific_prefix = ''[[Comrade]]''
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	\| birth_date = {{birth-date\|15 July 1915}}		\| caption = N. Sreekantan Nair MP
	\| birth_place = [[Ambalapuzha]], [[Travancore~~]], now in Alappuzha district, [[Kerala]], [[India~~]]		\| birth_date = {{birth-date\|15 July 1915}}
	\| residence =		\| birth_place = [[Ambalapuzha]], [[Travancore]]
	\| death_date = {{d-da\|20 July 1983\|15 July 1915}}		\| residence =
	\| death_place = [[Quilon]], ~~(now~~ [[~~Kollam~~]], ~~[[Kerala]]~~		\| death_date = {{d-da\|20 July 1983\|15 July 1915}}
	\| constituency_MP = Quilon Mavelikara (Lok Sabha constituency)		\| death_place = [[Quilon]], [[Kerala]], India
	\| parliament =		\| constituency_MP = Quilon Mavelikara (Lok Sabha constituency)
	\| majority =		\| parliament =
	\| term_start = 1952		\| majority =
	\| term_end = 1957		\| term_start = 1952
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	\| term_end2 = 1980		\| term_start2 = 1962
	\| predecessor2 = [[V. Parameswaran Nayar]]		\| term_end2 = 1980
	\| successor2 = B.K. Nair		\| predecessor2 = [[V. Parameswaran Nayar]]
	\| party = [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)\|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]		\| successor2 = B.K. Nair
	\| education = ~~M.A. (Eng)~~		\| party = [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)\|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
	\| spouse = K. MaheshwariAmma		\| education = [[SB College\| St Berchmans College Changanasserry]], [[University College Thiruvananthapuram\|Maharajas College]]
	\| children = 1		\| spouse = K. MaheshwariAmma
	\| website = {{url\|www.nsreekantannair.com}}		\| children = 1
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	'''N. Sreekantan Nair''' (15 July 1915 – 20 July 1983) was an Indian politician, independence activist, trade unionist and writer<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Nair Writer\|url=http://www.keralaculture.org/historic-heritage-gallery/n-sreekantan-nair/858~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=14 March 2021\|website=keralaculture.org}}</ref> who served as a Member of Parliament for [[Kollam]].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=1951\|title=Sreekantan Nair MP\|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/882.htm~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=14 March 2021\|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref>		'''N. Sreekantan Nair''' (15 July 1915 – 20 July 1983) was an Indian politician, independence activist, trade unionist and writer<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Nair Writer\|url=http://www.keralaculture.org/historic-heritage-gallery/n-sreekantan-nair/858\|access-date=14 March 2021\|website=keralaculture.org}}</ref> who served as a Member of Parliament for [[Kollam]].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=1951\|title=Sreekantan Nair MP\|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/882.htm\|access-date=14 March 2021\|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	He was born on 15 July 1915 as the only son of N. Neelakanta Pillai M.A. (Eng), (Mal), ([[Sanskrit]]). Pillai was a Principal of [[Government Sanskrit College, Trivandrum]] and authored several books in the three languages and JanakiAmma. He married activist Maheshwari Amma, daughter of freedom fighter K. K. Kunju Pillai. They have a daughter, Naja.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Nair Public Profile\|url=https://www.geni.com/people/N-Sreekantan-Nair/6000000007278606634~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=14 March 2021\|website=geni.com}}</ref>		He was born on 15 July 1915 as the only son of N. Neelakanta Pillai M.A. (Eng), (Mal), ([[Sanskrit]]). Pillai was a Principal of [[Government Sanskrit College, Trivandrum]] and authored several books in the three languages and JanakiAmma. He married activist Maheshwari Amma, daughter of freedom fighter K. K. Kunju Pillai. They have a daughter, Naja.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Nair Public Profile\|url=https://www.geni.com/people/N-Sreekantan-Nair/6000000007278606634\|access-date=14 March 2021\|website=geni.com\|date=11 December 2014 }}</ref>

	==Education==		==Education==
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	* Ente Amma		* Ente Amma
	* My Mother (Translation of Ente Amma to English)		* My Mother (Translation of Ente Amma to English)
	* Maotse Tung ~~Vansai~~		* Maotse Tung Vansi
	* Kazhinjakala Chithrangal (3 volumes)		* Kazhinjakala Chithrangal (3 volumes)
	* Sahithya Salakangal		* Sahithya Salakangal
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	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}
	* Vekthiyum Prasthanavum Biography on him written by Navaikulam Sukumaran Nair		* Vekthiyum Prasthanavum Biography on him written by Navaikulam Sukumaran Nair
	*{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSiMC3GJ3KgC&q=N.Sreekantan+Nair&pg=PA149 \|title=Dynamics of Agrarian Struggle – Viśvambharanāyar Muraḷīdharannāyar – Google Books \|accessdate=31 May 2012\|isbn=9788174884435 \|year=1996 }}		*{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSiMC3GJ3KgC&q=N.Sreekantan+Nair&pg=PA149 \|title=Dynamics of Agrarian Struggle – Viśvambharanāyar Muraḷīdharannāyar – Google Books \|accessdate=31 May 2012\|isbn=9788174884435 \|year=1996 \|publisher=Anmol Publications }}

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = N. Sreekantan Nair
| image =
| caption = N. Sreekantan Nair MP
| birth_date = {{birth-date|15 July 1915}}
| birth_place = [[Ambalapuzha]], [[Travancore]], now in Alappuzha district, [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| residence =
| death_date = {{d-da|20 July 1983|15 July 1915}}
| death_place = [[Quilon]], (now [[Kollam]], [[Kerala]]
| constituency_MP = Quilon Mavelikara (Lok Sabha constituency)
| parliament =
| majority =
| term_start = 1952
| term_end = 1957
| predecessor =
| successor =
| prior_term =
| constituency_MP2 = [[Quilon (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
| term_start2 = 1962
| term_end2 = 1980
| predecessor2 = [[V. Parameswaran Nayar]]
| successor2 = B.K. Nair
| party = [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| education = M.A. (Eng)
| spouse = K. MaheshwariAmma
| children = 1
| website = {{url|www.nsreekantannair.com}}
| footnotes =
| date =
| year = |
| source =
}}

'''N. Sreekantan Nair''' (15 July 1915 – 20 July 1983) was an Indian politician, independence activist, trade unionist and writer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nair Writer|url=http://www.keralaculture.org/historic-heritage-gallery/n-sreekantan-nair/858|url-status=live|access-date=14 March 2021|website=keralaculture.org}}</ref> who served as a Member of Parliament for [[Kollam]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=1951|title=Sreekantan Nair MP|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/882.htm|url-status=live|access-date=14 March 2021|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born on 15 July 1915 as the only son of N. Neelakanta Pillai M.A. (Eng), (Mal), ([[Sanskrit]]). Pillai was a Principal of [[Government Sanskrit College, Trivandrum]] and authored several books in the three languages and JanakiAmma. He married activist Maheshwari Amma, daughter of freedom fighter K. K. Kunju Pillai. They have a daughter, Naja.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nair Public Profile|url=https://www.geni.com/people/N-Sreekantan-Nair/6000000007278606634|url-status=live|access-date=14 March 2021|website=geni.com}}</ref>

==Education==
Nair passed his S.S.L.C. from M.G.M High School, [[Thiruvalla]] in 1932. He joined the [[St. Berchmans College]], [[Changanassery]] where he completed his [[:wikt:intermediate|Intermediate]] in 1934. He passed his M.A. degree in English with first class from Maharajas College (now [[University College, Trivandrum]]) in 1937.

==Political life==
He was a member of the State Congress in the erstwhile state of [[Travancore]], and a founder of the [[Kerala Socialist Party]] which later merged into the [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] for the first time in the [[General Elections]] of 1952 from [[Quilon]] cum [[Mavelikara]] constituency, but lost the 1957 elections to V. P. Nair. He won the next four elections (1962, 1967, 1971, 1977) representing [[Kollam]] Parliament Constituency. He devoted his political life to the trade union sector in [[Kerala]].

==Writer==
He translated the book 'Kayar'(Coir) of [[Jnanpith]] winner [[Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai]] to English. He was a board member of the Sahithya Pravarthaka Saharkarna Sanghom and member of [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]].

===Major works===
* Ithuthanne Marxism
* Aikya Keralam
* Vanchikkapetta Venad
* Ente Amma
* My Mother (Translation of Ente Amma to English)
* Maotse Tung Vansai
* Kazhinjakala Chithrangal (3 volumes)
* Sahithya Salakangal

===Translations===
* Coir (English) (Translation of Kayar by [[Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai]])
* Chalo Delhi (Malayalam)(Translation of Road to Delhi by M.Sivaram)

==References==
{{reflist}}
* Vekthiyum Prasthanavum Biography on him written by Navaikulam Sukumaran Nair
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSiMC3GJ3KgC&q=N.Sreekantan+Nair&pg=PA149 |title=Dynamics of Agrarian Struggle – Viśvambharanāyar Muraḷīdharannāyar – Google Books |accessdate=31 May 2012|isbn=9788174884435 |year=1996 }}

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