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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = P. Balan<br />
| image =<br />
| office1 = Member of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1987<br />
| term_end1 = 1996<br />
| predecessor1 = [[E. Padmanabhan]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Girija Surendran]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Sreekrishnapuram Assembly constituency|Sreekrishnapuram]]<br />
| office2 = Member of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start2 = 1977<br />
| term_end2 = 1979<br />
| predecessor2 = [[P. P. Krishnan]]<br />
| successor2 = [[V. C. Kabeer]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Ottapalam Assembly constituency|Ottapalam]]<br />
| spouse = A. V. Bharathy<br />
| children = 2<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1930|9|20}}<br />
| birth_place = British India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2004|8|6|1930|9|20}}<br />
| death_place = [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]] <br />
}}<br />
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'''P. Balan''' (20 September 1930 - 8 June 2004) was an [[Indian National Congress]] politician from [[Kerala]], India. He represented [[Ottapalam Assembly constituency]] in 5th and [[Sreekrishnapuram Assembly constituency]] in the 8th and 9th [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Kerala Legislative Assemblies]].<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
P. Balan was born on September 20, 1930, the son of N. Sankaran Nair.<ref name="niyamasabha">{{cite web |title=Members - Kerala Legislature |url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m074.htm |website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref> As a child, he was sent to work at a wood cutting company by his family, due to poverty.<ref name="ed">{{Cite web |last=ബാബു |first=എസ് ജഗദീഷ് |date=2020-06-10 |title=കാലത്തെ തോല്പ്പിച്ച പി.ബാലന് |url=http://exclusivedaily.in/p-balan/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=exclusivedaily news |language=en-GB}}</ref> But he escaped from that and later started his job as a sewing worker.<ref name="ed" /><br />
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Balan and his wife A. V. Bharathy have two daughters.<ref name="niyamasabha" /> He died on June 8, 2004, at a private hospital in [[Coimbatore]], following a respiratory illness.<ref name="niyamasabha" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |date=2004-06-09 |title=പി. ബാലന് അന്തരിച്ചു |url=https://malayalam.oneindia.com/news/2004/06/09/ker-pbalan.html |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=malayalam.oneindia.com |language=ml}}</ref><br />
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== Political career ==<br />
As a member of [[Indian National Congress]], Balan served as general secretary of [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]] and the president and secretary of Palakkad District Congress Committee.<ref name="niyamasabha" /> He also held several positions including member of Indian Coffee Board, president of INTUC and state president of Deseeya Karshaka Thozhilali Federation (National Agricultural Workers' Federation).<ref name="niyamasabha" /><br />
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Balan represented [[Ottapalam Assembly constituency]] in the 5th Kerala Legislative Assembly and [[Sreekrishnapuram Assembly constituency]] in the 8th and 9th Kerala Legislative Assemblies.<ref name="niyamasabha" /><br />
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[[Category:1930 births]]<br />
[[Category:2004 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Malayali politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 1987–1991]]<br />
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 1991–1996]]<br />
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 1977–1979]]</div>RhysFrisina87