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{{short description|Indian politician}}
'''P. S. Namboodiri''' (1915{{snd}}July 5, 1979) was a freedom fighter and an [[Indian people|Indian]] politician and leader of [[Communist Party of India]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ldf-stronghold-for-a-decade/article8401305.ece|title = LDF stronghold for a decade|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 27 March 2016|last1 = Muringatheri|first1 = Mini}}</ref> He represented [[Kodakara]] constituency in the 3rd KLA.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members - Kerala Legislature|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m454.htm|access-date=2021-10-14|website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref> He was one of the four participants from Cochin in the 1939 Parappuram Conference of the [[Communist Party of India]]. He played the role of Madhavan in the play ''Adukkalayilninnu Arangathekku''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.madhyamam.com/kerala/local-news/palakkad/rare-view-in-nangadiri-755506|title=നിറയെ കായചച രദരാകഷമരം; അപർവ കാഴച ഞാങങാടടിരിയിൽ {{!}} Madhyamam|access-date=2021-01-27|last=ലേഖകൻ|first=മാധയമം|date=2021-01-26|language=en}}</ref>

==Biography==
While still a student, he entered the public sphere through activities related to social reform in the community. He was a Congress activist in the early days and worked as part of the [[non-cooperation movement]]. He joined the KPCC in 1934 and was a member of the executive committee of the [[Congress Socialist Party]]. He joined the [[Communist Party of India]] in 1939 and was an active participant in organizing trade unions in Kochi. He led the Kochi temple entry agitation and the Karshaka Jatha.<ref>http://klaproceedings.niyamasabha.org/pdf/KLA-005-00048-00013.pdf</ref>

He died on July 5, 1979, at the party office in Ambalur.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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[[Category:Communist Party of India politicians from Kerala]]
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[[Category:1979 deaths]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 1967–1970]]

P. S. Namboodiri - Revision history

->Oculi: clean up, typo(s) fixed: Executive Committee → executive committee, July 5, 1979 → July 5, 1979,