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{{short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Sreedhar G. Ponnara
|birth_date = September 1899
|death_date = 27 February 1966
|office = Member of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
|constituency = [[Vilappil]]
|term_start = 1957
|term_end = 1964
|predecessor =
|successor =
}}
'''Sreedhar G. Ponnara''', popularly known as '''Ponnara Sreedhar''', (September 1898 – 27 February 1966) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] politician and [[List of Indian independence activists|freedom fighter]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members - Kerala Legislature |url=http://niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m645.htm |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=niyamasabha.org}}</ref> He represented [[Vilappil]] constituency in the first [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]], which was elected in the [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ponnara Sreedhar a Glittering Personality in Freedom Struggle: Achuthanandan |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2016/feb/28/ponnara-sreedhar-a-glittering-personality-in-freedom-struggle-achuthanandan-897686.html |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=The New Indian Express|date=28 February 2016 }}</ref> Sreedhar was a lawyer with a B.A. and B.L. Before becoming a member of the Kerala Legislature, he was elected unopposed in the Travancore Legislative Assembly in 1948 from [[Nedumangad]] constituency and from 1949 to 1956 in the Tirukochi Legislative Assembly.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Staff Reporter |date=2013-09-23 |title=Remembering a pioneer |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/remembering-a-pioneer/article5160046.ece |access-date=2022-10-28 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Life==
Ponnara Sreedhar was an active participant in the Indian freedom struggle. He was a participant in many movements including [[Non-cooperation movement (1919–1922)|Non-Cooperation Movement]] of 1922, Foreign Garment Boycott, Nagpur Satyagraha, [[Vaikom Satyagraha]] and [[Salt March|Uppu Satyagraha]]. He was jailed several times. Sreedhar was a member of the Travancore State Congress and the [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee|KPCC]]. In 1923, he participated in the Delhi Congress. He is known for forming the Samasta Travancore Youth League in 1933, which was an organization of progressive minds. In 1956 he was elected as the Mayor of [[Thiruvananthapuram Corporation]]. Sreedhar died on 27 February 1966 in [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-01 |title=നഗരത്തിലെ പ്രതിമകള്‍ {{!}} City Of Thiruvananthapuram |url=http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.in/node/283 |access-date=2022-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901104942/http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.in/node/283 |archive-date=1 September 2013 }}</ref>

==Legacy==
Ponnara Park is named after Ponnara Sreedhar. It is situated near Thampanoor railway station and has a statue of him.<ref>{{Cite web |title=After a long wait, Ponnara Sreedhar Park to be reopened before new year |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2020/dec/03/after-a-long-wait-ponnara-sreedhar-park-to-be-reopened-before-new-year-2231027.html |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=The New Indian Express|date=3 December 2020 }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1899 births]]
[[Category:1966 deaths]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 1957–1959]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 1960–1964]]
[[Category:Praja Socialist Party politicians]]

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