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{{short description|Indian politician (1911-1971)}}
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| name            = P.T Punnoose
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| birth_date      = {{birth-date|20 November 1911}}
| birth_place      = [[Thiruvalla]], [[Kingdom of Travancore]]
| death_date      = {{death year and age|1971|1911}}
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| office1          = Member of Parliament for [[Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alappuzha]]
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| office          = Member of Parliament for [[Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ambalapuzha]]
| term_start      = 1952
| term_end        = 1957
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| term_start1      = 1957
| term_end1        = 1962
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| successor1      = [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]]
| party            = [[Communist Party of India]]
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| spouse          = [[Rosamma Punnoose]]
| children        = 1 son and 1 daughter
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'''P. T. Punnoose'''<ref name="nic">{{Cite web|last=Punnoose|first=P.T|title=P.T Punnoose|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/931.htm|access-date=3 September 2020|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref> (20 November 1911 – 1971) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from the [[Ambalapuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ambalapuzha]]<ref>{{Cite book |title=Parliament Debate |publisher=India Parliament, Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Secretariat |year=1956 |location=India |pages=2871}}</ref> in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Punnoose|first=P.T|title=P.T Punnoose|url=https://entranceindia.com/election-and-politics/shri-p-t-punnoose-member-of-parliament-mp-from-ambalapuzha-kerala-biodata/|access-date=3 September 2020|website=EntranceIndia}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
P.T Punnoose was born on 20 November 1911 at [[Thiruvalla]] in [[Travancore]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Members: Lok Sabha |url=https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/statedetailar.aspx?state_name=Travancore-Cochin&lsno=1 |access-date=September 6, 2020|website=Loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref> His father was I. Thomas. He was educated at [[Changanassery|Changanacherry]] and [[Trivandrum]].<ref name="nic" />
==Marriage and children==
P.T. Punnoose married [[Rosamma Punnoose|Rosamma Punnoos]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rosamma Punnoose is no more|work=Deccan Chronicle|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/131229/news-current-affairs/article/rosamma-punnose-no-more|access-date=6 September 2020}}</ref> who was a Catholic and later leader of the Communist Party of India ([[Communist Party of India|CPI]]), in 1946. Punnoose was a [[Mar Thoma Syrian Church|Marthoma Syrian]]. No marriage between a Catholic woman and a Marthoma man had ever occurred in the region, at the time. Besides which, Rosamma's family supported the [[Indian National Congress]], and objected to her marrying a communist. Furthermore, he was wanted by police and authorities who were conducting a crackdown against communists at the time. As with all Christian weddings between communist couples, at the time, the two were married at a church in [[Cochin]] with a special letter of consent from the Pope. He had to be brought to the church quietly to evade to police. They have two children a daughter and son.
==Political view==
P.T. Punnoose was one of the early leaders of communist movement in [[Kerala]]. He had started his political career at [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] during the time of [[Indian independence movement|freedom struggle]]. He was attracted to ideologies of [[Communist Party of India]]. He remained in the CPI after the historical split in 1964.
==See also==
*[[List of members of the 1st Lok Sabha]]
*[[List of members of the 2nd Lok Sabha]]
==References==
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[[Category:Communist Party of India politicians from Kerala]]
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