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[[File:അഴീക്കോടൻ രാഘവന്റെ ശവകുടീരം.JPG|thumbnail|The Samadhi of Azhikodan Raghavan.]] | [[File:അഴീക്കോടൻ രാഘവന്റെ ശവകുടീരം.JPG|thumbnail|The Samadhi of Azhikodan Raghavan.]] | ||
'''Azhikodan Raghavan''' was a leader of [[Communist Party of India]] ([[Marxist]]) | '''Azhikodan Raghavan''' was a leader of the [[Communist Party of India]] ([[Marxist]]) ([[CPI(M)]]). | ||
He was born on 1 July 1919 | He was born on 1 July, 1919, in South Bazar, Kannur.<ref name="azh">{{cite web|url=http://www.cpimkerala.org/eng/kannur-96.php?n=1|title=Kannur District|website=CPIM Kerala}}</ref> | ||
In 1940, he was groomed into a true communist by [[comrade]]s [[P. Krishna Pillai]] and N.C.Shekhar. He was chosen to be the secretary of Kannur town branch committee in 1946. In June 1951, he was chosen to be the member of the [[Malabar District|Malabar]] Committee of the Communist party and re-elected to the post.<ref name=azh/> By that time Com:Azhikodan had left his mark in Kerala [[politics]]. He was the secretary of the co-ordination committee of the coalition ministry of 1967.<ref>{{cite book |title=Marxist state governments in India: politics, economics and society |last=Nossiter |first=Thomas Johnson |page=88 |year=1988 |publisher=[[Pinter Publishers|Pinter]] |isbn=9780861874569 }}</ref> | In 1940, he was groomed into a true communist by [[comrade]]s [[P. Krishna Pillai]] and N.C.Shekhar. He was chosen to be the secretary of the Kannur town branch committee in 1946. In June 1951, he was chosen to be the member of the [[Malabar District|Malabar]] Committee of the Communist party and re-elected to the post.<ref name=azh/> By that time Com:Azhikodan had left his mark in Kerala [[politics]]. He was the secretary of the co-ordination committee of the coalition ministry of 1967.<ref>{{cite book |title=Marxist state governments in India: politics, economics and society |last=Nossiter |first=Thomas Johnson |page=88 |year=1988 |publisher=[[Pinter Publishers|Pinter]] |isbn=9780861874569 }}</ref> | ||
On the night of 23 September 1972 Com. Azhikodan was assassinated<ref>{{cite news |title=Arrangements for polls complete in Thrissur district |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/23/stories/2010102359580300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110005035/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/23/stories/2010102359580300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=23 October 2010 |accessdate=25 June 2012 }}</ref> at Chettiyangadi Junction in [[Thrissur]], by | On the night of 23 September 1972 Com. Azhikodan was assassinated<ref>{{cite news |title=Arrangements for polls complete in Thrissur district |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/23/stories/2010102359580300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110005035/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/23/stories/2010102359580300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=23 October 2010 |accessdate=25 June 2012 }}</ref> at Chettiyangadi Junction in [[Thrissur]], by being stabbed in the chest. He was cremated in the public graveyard of [[Payyambalam]] beach, [[Kannur district]], [[Kerala]], where a column has been erected in his memory.<ref>{{cite news |title=Govt. failed to take precaution against contagious diseases: Pinarayi |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article2479448.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=23 September 2011 |accessdate=25 June 2012 }}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[A K Gopalan]] | *[[A K Gopalan]] | ||
*[[E K Nayanar]] | *[[E K Nayanar]] | ||
*[[E. K. Imbichi Bava]] | *[[E. K. Imbichi Bava]] | ||
*[[List of assassinated Indian politicians]] | *[[List of assassinated Indian politicians]] | ||
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[[Category:Politicians from Kannur]] | [[Category:Politicians from Kannur]] | ||
[[Category:Assassinated Indian politicians]] | [[Category:Assassinated Indian politicians]] | ||
[[Category:Communist Party of India politicians from Kerala]] | [[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala]] | ||
{{Kerala-politician-stub}} | {{Kerala-CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub}} | ||
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Azhikodan Raghavan was a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). He was born on 1 July, 1919, in South Bazar, Kannur.[1]
In 1940, he was groomed into a true communist by comrades P. Krishna Pillai and N.C.Shekhar. He was chosen to be the secretary of the Kannur town branch committee in 1946. In June 1951, he was chosen to be the member of the Malabar Committee of the Communist party and re-elected to the post.[1] By that time Com:Azhikodan had left his mark in Kerala politics. He was the secretary of the co-ordination committee of the coalition ministry of 1967.[2] On the night of 23 September 1972 Com. Azhikodan was assassinated[3] at Chettiyangadi Junction in Thrissur, by being stabbed in the chest. He was cremated in the public graveyard of Payyambalam beach, Kannur district, Kerala, where a column has been erected in his memory.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kannur District". CPIM Kerala.
- ↑ Nossiter, Thomas Johnson (1988). Marxist state governments in India: politics, economics and society. Pinter. p. 88. ISBN 9780861874569.
- ↑ "Arrangements for polls complete in Thrissur district". The Hindu. 23 October 2010. Archived from the original on 10 November 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ↑ "Govt. failed to take precaution against contagious diseases: Pinarayi". The Hindu. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2012.