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	'''Padmanabha Pillai Gopinathan Nair''' is an Indian social worker, Gandhian, [[Indian independence activist\|independence activist]] and the chairman of [[Mahatma Gandhi National Memorial Trust]], popularly known as ''Gandhi Smarak Nidhi'', a trust managed by the Government of India.<ref name="Sri. P.Gopinathan Nair, Chairman">{{cite web \| url=http://www.keralagandhismaraknidhi.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=475 \| title=Sri. P.Gopinathan Nair, Chairman \| publisher=Kerala Gandi Smarak Nidhi \| date=2016 \| access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> He participated in the [[Quit India movement]] of 1942 and worked alongside [[Vinoba Bhave]] to promote [[Bhoodan movement\|Bhoodan]] and [[Gramdan]] movements.<ref name="Padma Shri for Gopinathan Nair">{{cite web \| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/padma-shri-for-gopinathan-nair/article8153766.ece \| title=Padma Shri for Gopinathan Nair \| publisher=The Hindu \| date=26 January 2016 \| access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> He is the initiator of the ''camp movement'', a student program, as a part of the ''Construction Movement'' of [[Mahatma Gandhi]].<ref name="A Gandhian turns 90 on Thursday">{{cite web \| url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article415989.ece?service=print \| title=A Gandhian turns 90 on Thursday \| publisher=Indian Express \| date=7 July 2011 \| access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> He is a recipient of the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]], among other honors.<ref name="Japanese Gandhian wins Jamnalal Bajaj award">{{cite web \| url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/gandhi/20051004.htm \| title=Japanese Gandhian wins Jamnalal Bajaj award \| publisher=ReDiff News \| date=4 October 2005 \| access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2016, for his contributions to society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2016 \| access-date=3 January 2016 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803085913/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf \| archive-date=3 August 2017 \| url-status=dead }}</ref>
			'''Padmanabha Pillai Gopinathan Nair''' (born 7 July 1922) is an Indian social worker, Gandhian, [[Indian independence activist\|independence activist]] and the chairman of [[Mahatma Gandhi National Memorial Trust]], popularly known as ''Gandhi Smarak Nidhi'', a trust managed by the Government of India.<ref name="Sri. P.Gopinathan Nair, Chairman">{{cite web \| url=http://www.keralagandhismaraknidhi.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=475 \| title=Sri. P.Gopinathan Nair, Chairman \| publisher=Kerala Gandi Smarak Nidhi \| date=2016 \| access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> He participated in the [[Quit India movement]] of 1942 and worked alongside [[Vinoba Bhave]] to promote [[Bhoodan movement\|Bhoodan]] and [[Gramdan]] movements.<ref name="Padma Shri for Gopinathan Nair">{{cite web \| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/padma-shri-for-gopinathan-nair/article8153766.ece \| title=Padma Shri for Gopinathan Nair \| publisher=The Hindu \| date=26 January 2016 \| access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> He is the initiator of the ''camp movement'', a student program, as a part of the ''Construction Movement'' of [[Mahatma Gandhi]].<ref name="A Gandhian turns 90 on Thursday">{{cite web \| url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article415989.ece?service=print \| title=A Gandhian turns 90 on Thursday \| publisher=Indian Express \| date=7 July 2011 \| access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> He is a recipient of the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]], among other honors.<ref name="Japanese Gandhian wins Jamnalal Bajaj award">{{cite web \| url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/gandhi/20051004.htm \| title=Japanese Gandhian wins Jamnalal Bajaj award \| publisher=ReDiff News \| date=4 October 2005 \| access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2016, for his contributions to society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2016 \| access-date=3 January 2016 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803085913/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf \| archive-date=3 August 2017 \| url-status=dead }}</ref>

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'''Padmanabha Pillai Gopinathan Nair''' is an Indian social worker, Gandhian, [[Indian independence activist|independence activist]] and the chairman of [[Mahatma Gandhi National Memorial Trust]], popularly known as ''Gandhi Smarak Nidhi'', a trust managed by the Government of India.<ref name="Sri. P.Gopinathan Nair, Chairman">{{cite web | url=http://www.keralagandhismaraknidhi.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=475 | title=Sri. P.Gopinathan Nair, Chairman | publisher=Kerala Gandi Smarak Nidhi | date=2016 | access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> He participated in the [[Quit India movement]] of 1942 and worked alongside [[Vinoba Bhave]] to promote [[Bhoodan movement|Bhoodan]] and [[Gramdan]] movements.<ref name="Padma Shri for Gopinathan Nair">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/padma-shri-for-gopinathan-nair/article8153766.ece | title=Padma Shri for Gopinathan Nair | publisher=The Hindu | date=26 January 2016 | access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> He is the initiator of the ''camp movement'', a student program, as a part of the ''Construction Movement'' of [[Mahatma Gandhi]].<ref name="A Gandhian turns 90 on Thursday">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article415989.ece?service=print | title=A Gandhian turns 90 on Thursday | publisher=Indian Express | date=7 July 2011 | access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> He is a recipient of the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]], among other honors.<ref name="Japanese Gandhian wins Jamnalal Bajaj award">{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/gandhi/20051004.htm | title=Japanese Gandhian wins Jamnalal Bajaj award | publisher=ReDiff News | date=4 October 2005 | access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2016, for his contributions to society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803085913/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/PadmaAwards_25012016.pdf | archive-date=3 August 2017 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Gopinathan Nair was born on 7 July 1922 to M. Padmanabha Pillai and K. P. Janaki Amma in [[Neyyattinkara]], a town in the southern part of [[Thiruvananthapuram district]] of the south Indian state of [[Kerala]].<ref name="A Gandhian turns 90 on Thursday" /> After completing his school education at the Government High School, Neyyattinkara, he did his graduate studies in science at the [[University College, Thiruvananthapuram]] and it was during this period, he participated in the [[Quit India movement]].<ref name="2005 Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work">{{cite web | url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/2005/constructive-work/gopinathan-nair | title=2005 Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work | publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation | date=2016 | access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> In 1944, he founded ''Trivandrum Students Settlement'' gathering 35 students, inspired by the ''Construction movement'' of Mahatma Gandhi. In 1946, he became the Chief Tattwa Pracharak of the Kerala [[Gandhi Smarak Nidhi]] and conducted several courses for his colleagues as well as other students.<ref name="2005 Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work" /> The same year, he joined [[Shantiniketan]] for further studies in Chinese culture and [[Gandhian philosophy]] and returned to his home town after the completion of the course.<ref name="Sri. P.Gopinathan Nair, Chairman" /> For the next decade and a half, he organized several camps for training people and carried out constructive work such as roads and sanitation facilities and organized people for Bhoodan and Gramdan activities.<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2005">{{cite web | url=http://www.jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/Media/pdf/JBA_2005_Bio_P_Gopinathan_Nair.pdf | title=Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2005 | publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation | date=2016 | access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> When [[Vinoba Bhave]] visited Kerala as a part of his ''Padayatra'', Nair organized a meeting in [[Kalady]]. He also became associated with [[Shanti Sena]] and was involved in many of its activities. He was reported to have been active during the naxalite insurgency in [[Kilimanoor]] in 1970, the Hindu-Muslim communal riots in [[Thalassery]], the [[East Bengali refugees|East Bengali refugee]] crisis of 1971 and [[Kuttanad]] Peace Project of 1971–76. He also served as the chair of the ''Sarva Seva Sangh'' in 1989 and was the convenor of the Cow Protection Committee in Kerala when Bhave campaigned against slaughter of cows.<ref name="2005 Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work" /> In the aftermath of the [[Marad massacre]] of 2002, [[A. K. Antony]], the then chief minister of Kerala requested Nair's assistance in mediating between the warring factions and he was reported to have been successful in his efforts.<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2005" />

Nair, who has written several articles on Gandhian thought,<ref name="Narayanasamy2003">{{cite book|author=S. Narayanasamy|title=The Sarvodaya Movement: Gandhian Approach to Peace and Non-violence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pI0Hdv0Cy34C&pg=PA105|year=2003|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-877-8|pages=105–}}</ref> has been associated with [[Gandhi Smarak Nidhi]] in various positions, held the post of the secretary of the Kerala chapter during 1980–82 and is the incumbent national president of [[Gandhi Smarak Nidhi]], besides heading the Kerala chapter since 1999.<ref name="Sri. P.Gopinathan Nair, Chairman" /> He is a life member and a member of the governing board of the ''[[Gandhi Peace Foundation]]''<ref name="Governing Board">{{cite web | url=http://www.gandhipeacefoundation.org/governing_board.php | title=Governing Board | publisher=Gandhi Peace Foundation | date=2016 | access-date=1 August 2016}}</ref> and a former president of the All India Sarva Seva Sangham, Varanasi (6 years) and [[Sevagram]], Wardha (11 years).<ref name="Sri. P.Gopinathan Nair, Chairman" /> He is the chairman and patron of the Noorul Islam Civil Service Academy<ref name="Chairman and patron">{{cite web | url=http://noorulislamcivilserviceacademy.com/ | title=Chairman and patron | publisher=Noorul Islam Civil Service Academy | date=2016 | access-date=1 August 2016}}</ref> and a member of ''Sree Uthradam Thirunal Institute Of Culture'', Thiruvananthapuram<ref name="Members Honoured in SUTIC Meetings with Memento and Shawl">{{cite web | url=http://sutic.org/membersHonoured.php | title=Members Honoured in SUTIC Meetings with Memento and Shawl | publisher=Sree Uthradam Thirunal Institute Of Culture | date=2016 | access-date=1 August 2016}}</ref> He is married to L. Saraswathi Amma, a retired State Women’s Welfare officer,<ref name="Sri. P.Gopinathan Nair, Chairman" /> and the couple lives in Neyyattinkara.<ref name="Kummanam visits P Gopinathan Nair">{{cite web | url=http://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kummanam-visits-p-gopinathan-nair-english-news-1.856223 | title=Kummanam visits P Gopinathan Nair | publisher=Mathrubhumi | date=10 February 2016 | access-date=1 August 2016}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
Nair received the Social Service Award of the Stallions International in 2003<ref name="Gopinathan Nair receives Social Service award 2003">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Gopinathan-Nair-receives-Social-Service-award-2003/articleshow/447646.cms | title=Gopinathan Nair receives Social Service award 2003 | publisher=Times of India | date=27 January 2004 | access-date=1 August 2016}}</ref> and he was selected for the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] in 2005, for his constructive social service.<ref name="Japanese Gandhian wins Jamnalal Bajaj award" /> The [[University of Calicut]] honored him for his services to Gandhian studies in 2005<ref name="Honouring Octogenarian Gandhian Sri P Gopinathan Nair">{{cite web | url=http://www.gandhichair.org/sub_pages/images/Honouring%20Octogenarian%20Gandhian%20Sri%20P%20Gopinathan%20Nair%20Thiruvananthapuram.html | title=Honouring Octogenarian Gandhian Sri P Gopinathan Nair | publisher=Gandhi Chair, University of Calicut | date=2005 | access-date=1 August 2016}}</ref> and the [[University of Kerala]] felicitated him on 24 April 2012, when he was elected as the national president of Gandhi Smarak Nidhi.<ref name="Gandhian P Gopinathan Nair Honoured">{{cite web | url=http://www.yentha.com/news/view/1/gandhian-p-gopinathan-nair-honoured | title=Gandhian P Gopinathan Nair Honoured | publisher=Yentha | date=24 April 2012 | access-date=1 August 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the civilian honor of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2016, though the original recommendation of the state government was for the higher award of the [[Padma Bhushan]].<ref name="Padma Shri for Gopinathan Nair" /> The [[Department of Information and Public Relations (Kerala)|Department of Information and Public Relations]] of the Government of Kerala and the state chapter of Gandhi Smarak Nidhi jointly organized a photo exhibition at Gandhi Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram, featuring various photographs from Nair's life, in connection with his 95th birthday celebrations. The exhibition, besides the photographs, also had several write-ups on him as exhibits.<ref name="Gopinathan Nair turns 95">{{cite web | url=http://m.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/gandhian-gopinathan-nair-turns-95/article8864214.ece | title=Gopinathan Nair turns 95 | publisher=The Hindu | date=18 July 2016 | access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> Noorul Islam Civil Service Academy of the NIMS Charity Trust, where he is the patron, was renamed as ''P. Gopinathan Nair Civil Service Training Academy'' in his honor in 2011, in connection with his 90th birthday celebrations.<ref name="P. Gopinathan Nair Civil Service Training Academy">{{cite web | url=http://www.nimscharity.com/civil_service_training.html | title=P. Gopinathan Nair Civil Service Training Academy | publisher=NIMS Charity | date=2016 | access-date=1 August 2016}}</ref> His life has been documented in a 30-minute documentary film, directed Rajan V, Pozhiyoor, the secretary of Thikkurissi Foundation and produced by the Media Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram.<ref name="Documentary on P Gopinathan Nair">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/article1283236.ece?service=print | title=Documentary on P Gopinathan Nair | publisher=Indian Express | date=3 October 2012 | access-date=31 July 2016}}</ref> His biography has also been published under the title, ''Gandhian Karmapadhangalil'' (Along the Gandhian Paths).<ref name="Gopinathan Nair turns 95" />

== See also ==
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* [[Mahatma Gandhi National Memorial Trust]]
* [[Quit India movement]]
* [[Vinoba Bhave]]
* [[Bhoodan]]
* [[Gramdan]]
* [[Mahatma Gandhi]]
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{{portal|India}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite episode | title=P. Gopinathan Nair - A true Gandhian | series=Ee Vazhitharayil (Along this pathway) - Episode 78 | network=Mathrubhumi TV | location=Kochi | url=http://mathrubhuminews.in/ee/Programs/Episode/8558/p-gopinathan-nair-a-true-gandhian-ee-vazhitharayil-episode-78/E}}
* {{cite episode | title=Interview with Gandhian P. Gopinathan Nair | series=Ithalukal | network=[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]] News | location=Kochi | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDPVSUoqcG4}}
* {{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSEB3I0gBY0 | title=Inaugural Speech | publisher=Indian National Kamaraj Congress | date=15 March 2016 | people=P. Gopinathan Nair | medium=TV News}}

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