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{{Short description|Indian communist politician, theorist and writer}} | |||
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| name = K Damodaran | | name = K Damodaran | ||
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'''K. Damodaran '''<ref>https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/k-damodaran-remembered/article3660497.ece</ref> ( February 25, 1912 – July 3, 1976) was a [[Marxist]] theoretician and writer and one of the leader of the [[Communist Party of India]] in [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref>http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/Writers/PROFILES/KDamodaran/Html/KDamodarangraphy.htm</ref> | '''K. Damodaran '''<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/k-damodaran-remembered/article3660497.ece| title = K. Damodaran remembered - KERALA - The Hindu}} </ref> ( February 25, 1912 – July 3, 1976) was a [[Marxist]] theoretician and writer and one of the leader of the [[Communist Party of India]] in [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/Writers/PROFILES/KDamodaran/Html/KDamodarangraphy.htm| title = Reference at www.keralasahityaakademi.org}}</ref> | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
Damodaran was born in [[Ponnani]] in [[Malappuram]] district, the son of Kizhakkiniyakath Thuppan Nampoothiri and Keezhedathu Narayani Amma. He had his schooling in Government School, Tirur, and college education in [[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College|Samoothiri College, Calicut]]. His first socialist activities were associated with being secretary of the student movement 'Kerala Students Movement' and he joined the freedom struggle. He was arrested in 1931 for participating in the [[civil disobedience movement]] and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 23 months. While in [[Coimbatore]] jail he learned [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Hindi]]. He went to [[Varanasi|Kasi]] (UP) in 1935 to study [[Sanskrit]] from the ''Viswa Vidyalaya'' there and passed the Shastri examination. While at Kasi he learned [[Urdu]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and was attracted to Communist ideology. | Damodaran was born in [[Ponnani]] in [[Malappuram]] district, the son of Kizhakkiniyakath Thuppan Nampoothiri and Keezhedathu Narayani Amma. He had his schooling in Government School, Tirur, and college education in [[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College|Samoothiri College, Calicut]]. His first socialist activities were associated with being secretary of the student movement 'Kerala Students Movement' and he joined the freedom struggle. He was arrested in 1931 for participating in the [[civil disobedience movement]] and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 23 months. While in [[Coimbatore]] jail he learned [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Hindi]]. He went to [[Varanasi|Kasi]] (UP) in 1935 to study [[Sanskrit]] from the ''Viswa Vidyalaya'' there and passed the Shastri examination. While at Kasi he learned [[Urdu]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and was attracted to Communist ideology. | ||
==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||