M. V. Raghavan: Difference between revisions

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| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=yes|1933|5|5}}

| death_date         = {{death date and age|df=yes|2014|11|9|1933|5|5}}

| party              = [[Communist Marxist Party]][[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|24px]]

| children           = Girish, Rajesh, [[M V Nikesh Kumar]], Girija

| spouse            = Janaki

'''Melathu Veettil Raghavan''' (5 May 1933 – 9 November 2014) was a veteran Communist leader and a former Minister in [[Kerala]] state of [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://niyamasabha.org/codes/min19.htm |title=Minister for Co-operation|publisher=Kerala Legislative Assembly, Thiruvananthapuram |accessdate=2009-07-25}}</ref> He was the General Secretary of the [[Communist Marxist Party]], an alliance partner in the [[United Democratic Front (India)|United Democratic Front]]. Prior to the formation of the CMP he was a prominent leader of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].

 

He belongs to [[Kannur District]] in the [[North Malabar]] area of Kerala.  His district is one of the developing zones in the country. Raghavan set up the first co-operative sector medical college in the country, [[Pariyaram Medical College]] in [[Kannur District]].  He was the key person to build the first 'Visha Chikitsa Kendram' (Snake-venom removal centre) in the state at [[Pappinisseri]]. His other major achievement has been the setting up of a Snake Park in Dharmasala, which has become a major tourist attraction.

 

 

 

Raghavan was born to Shankaran Nambiar on 5 May 1933 in [[Kannur]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ceokerala.nic.in/SE/115/M_V_RAGHAVAN/MVRAGHAVAN_CR1.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410140215/http://ceokerala.nic.in/SE/115/M_V_RAGHAVAN/MVRAGHAVAN_CR1.htm |archive-date=10 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was married to Janaki. The couple have three sons, M.V. Girish Kumar and M.V. Rajesh Kumar;<ref>http://www.marunadanmalayali.com/index.php?page=newsDetail&id=29875</ref> & [[M. V. Nikesh Kumar]], a Keralite newsreader<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/02/04/stories/2005020402070200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604104547/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/02/04/stories/2005020402070200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 June 2011 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Writing with light | date=4 February 2005}}</ref> and a daughter, Girija.

 

Since 2005, Raghavan was bed-ridden with advanced Parkinson's disease. He died on 9 November 2014.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.marunadanmalayali.com/news/keralam/raghavan-died-6958 |title = എം വി രാഘവൻ അന്തരിച്ചു; യാത്രയായത് കേരളം കണ്ട ഏറ്റവും തന്റേടിയായ രാഷ്ട്രീയ നേതാവ്; അവ}}</ref> at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/cmp-leader-mv-raghavan-passes-away/article6580210.ece | title= CMP leader M.V. Raghavan passes away | date=9 November 2014 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=26 November 2019 }}</ref> He was cremated with full state honours at Payyambalam Beach Crematorium, near the memorials of [[Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai]], [[A. K. Gopalan]], [[K. G. Marar]] and [[E. K. Nayanar]].

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