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'''U. C. Raman''' (born 31 May 1965) is an Indian politician from [[Kerala]]. As of 2011 he was the state president of the [[Indian Union Dalit League]], the [[Scheduled Caste]] wing of the [[Indian Union Muslim League]].<ref name="iuml"/><ref>''Mathrubhumi''. ''[http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=123411 IUML will stand for Dalit: Hyderali Shihab Thangal]''</ref>

Raman was fielded as an [[independent (politician)|independent]] candidate by the Muslim League for the [[Kunnamangalam]] [[Niyama Sabha]] constituency in the [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001 Kerala assembly election]].<ref name="rana"/> At the time Raman served as vice president of the Kunnamangalam [[Gram Panchayat]].<ref name="iuml"/> In the 2001 election Kunnamangalam had been designated as reserved for a member of a [[Scheduled Caste]], preventing the Muslim League from fielding a Muslim candidate there. The election was hotly contested, and in particular the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] invested a lot in its campaign there (bringing [[L.K. Advani]] to campaign for the BJP candidate). In the end U.C. Raman won the seat with a margin of 3,711 votes, defeating the [[CPI(M)]] candidate [[P. Kunhan]].<ref name="rana">Rana, Mahendra Singh. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=yInZdHn-pKoC&pg=PA296 India Votes: Lok Sabha & Vidhan Sabha Elections 2001-2005]''. New Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 2006. p. 296</ref>

U.C. Raman again won the Kunnamangalam seat in the [[2006 Kerala State legislative assembly election|2006 election]].<ref name="iuml">Indian Union Muslim League. ''[http://www.indianunionmuslimleague.in/content/uc-raman-contest-assembly-election-kunnamangalam-general-seat U.C. Raman to contest the Assembly election from Kunnamangalam General Seat] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814141307/http://indianunionmuslimleague.in/content/uc-raman-contest-assembly-election-kunnamangalam-general-seat |date=2014-08-14 }}''</ref><ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/archive/electionanalysis/AE/S11/partycomp27.htm 27 - Kunnamangalam (SC) Assembly Constituency]''</ref> Raman was the sole [[United Democratic Front (India)|United Democratic Front]] candidate to be elected from [[Kozhikode district]].<ref>''The Hindu''. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110524045316/http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/14/stories/2011051453330300.htm Rich haul for LDF in Kozhikode]''</ref>

In August 2009, Raman was injured in a car accident and hospitalized.<ref>''Mathrubhumi''. ''[http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/news.php?id=21560&cat=1&sub=14&subit=0 UC Raman MLA injured in accident]''</ref>

Ahead of the [[2011 Kerala State legislative assembly election|2011 election]] Kunnamangalam was converted into a general seat. The Muslim League decided to field U.C. Raman for a third time, breaking with the tradition to field Scheduled Caste leaders only in reserved seats. This was the first time the party fielded a Scheduled Caste candidate in a general seat.<ref name="iuml"/> He was, however, defeated by the [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front]]-supported independent candidate [[P.T.A. Rahim]] by a margin of 3,158 votes. U.C. Raman challenged the poll result, claiming that Rahim had held an [[office of profit]] at the time of the nomination. The [[Kerala High Court]] upheld the election of Rahim.<ref>NDTV. ''[http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/pta-rahim-s-election-from-kunnamangalam-upheld-197147 PTA Rahim's election from Kunnamangalam upheld]''</ref>

U.C. Raman was appointed chairman of the Kerala State Handloom Development Corporation (Hanveev) in December 2011.<ref>IBN Live. ''[https://archive.today/20130419121204/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bickerings-in-iuml-over-choice-of-nominees/212482-60-116.html Bickerings in IUML over choice of nominees]''</ref><ref>''The Hindu''. ''[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article2819448.ece Hanveev scheme to promote products in State's rural areas]''</ref> In February 2012 Raman was selected for the annual Dr. K.R. Narayanan National Foundation award, in honour of his contributions to the Scheduled Caste community.<ref>''The Hindu''. ''[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/kr-narayanan-award/article4371393.ece?css=printDr. K.R. Narayanan National Foundation award]''</ref>

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