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{{Infobox officeholder | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
| name = | | name = K. P. Unnikrishnan | ||
| image = | | native_name = കെ.പി. ഉണ്ണികൃഷ്ണൻ | ||
| caption = | | image = | ||
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1936|09|20|df= | | caption = | ||
| birth_place =[[Coimbatore]], [[Madras Presidency]] | | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|09|20|df=yes}}{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} | ||
| residence = | | birth_place = [[Coimbatore]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Tamil Nadu]], India) | ||
| death_date = | | nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]] | ||
| death_place = | | residence = | ||
| | | death_date = | ||
| | | death_place = | ||
| alma_mater = [[Madras Christian College|Madras Christian College, Chennai]] | |||
| | | office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] | ||
| | | constituency = [[Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vatakara]] | ||
| | | term_start = {{Start date|1971||}} | ||
| | | term_end = {{End date|1996||}} | ||
| party =[[Indian National Congress (I)]] | | predecessor = A. Sreedharan | ||
| | | successor = O. Bharathan | ||
| spouse = | |||
| children = | | party = [[Indian National Congress (I)]] | ||
| website = | | profession = {{hlist|Journalist|Social worker|Writer}} | ||
| footnotes = | | spouse = {{Marriage|Amrita Unnikrishnan|1977}} | ||
| children = 2 | |||
| website = | |||
| footnotes = | |||
| date = 23 September | | | date = 23 September | | ||
| year = 2006 | | | year = 2006 | | ||
| source = http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2282.htm | | source = http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2282.htm | ||
}} | |||
'''K. P. Unnikrishnan''' is | |||
'''K. P. Unnikrishnan''' (born 20 September 1936) is an Indian former politician, writer, Union Minister and parliamentarian of [[Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vatakara constituency]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/The-Stalwarts-Who-Faded-Away/2014/03/22/article2123739.ece|title=The Stalwarts Who Faded Away|work=The New Indian Express}}</ref> | |||
==Life== | ==Life== | ||
Unnikrishnan first represented [[Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vatakara]] | K. P. Unnikrishnan was born on 20 September 1936 in a family from [[Malabar Coast]]. His father's name was E. Kunhikannan Nair. He was educated at the [[Madras Christian College|Madras Christian College, Chennai]]. He completed his law also from [[Chennai]]. He was associated with Socialist Party and [[Praja Socialist Party]] during this period. In the 1960s, he joined [[Indian National Congress]] and became a member of the [[All India Congress Committee]] in 1962. | ||
He used to write articles for the [[Mathrubhumi]] and other periodicals as special correspondent. He entered into electoral foray when he first represented [[Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vatakara constituency]] in 1971 as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate. He remained unbeaten in the next five [[Lok Sabha]] polls (1977, 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991) despite switching over to the [[Indian National Congress (U)]] in 1980 and later to Indian Congress (Socialist) in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=January 29|first1=india today digital|last2=November 30|first2=2015 ISSUE DATE|last3=March 30|first3=1979UPDATED|last4=Ist|first4=2015 17:40|title=Who's who: Divergence in diversity|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19791130-gayatri-devi-charan-singh-lok-dal-morarji-desai-karpoori-thakur-janata-party-rajinder-puri-atal-behari-vajpayee-harijan-indira-gandhi-raj-narain-madhu-limaye-sheikh-abdullah-818032-2015-01-29|access-date=2021-05-05|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> In the period 1981–84, he was the leader of [[Congress (Secular)]] in the parliament. In the period 1980–82, he was also a member of the [[Public Accounts Committee (India)|Public Accounts Committee]]. He had served as the Minister for Telecommunications, Shipping, Surface Transport in the [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh ministry]] (1989–90).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-15|title=Arif Muhammed Khan visits his old friend KP Unnikrishnan|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/150919/arif-muhammed-khan-visits-his-old-friend-kp-unnikrishnan.html|access-date=2021-05-05|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref> During his tenure as minister he oversaw the [[1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait|evacuation of Indians]] during [[Gulf War]].<ref>{{Cite web|last1=May 9|first1=K. R. Rajeev / TNN / Updated|last2=2020|last3=Ist|first3=16:15|title=Foot the bill and bring NRIs home: Ex-Union minister {{!}} Kozhikode News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/foot-the-bill-bring-nris-home-ex-union-minister/articleshow/75635373.cms|access-date=2021-05-05|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=September 30|first1=Salil Tripathi DILIP BOBB|last2=September 30|first2=1990 ISSUE DATE|last3=October 1|first3=1990UPDATED|last4=Ist|first4=2013 13:54|title=For thousands of Indians, Gulf crisis becomes a nightmare without end|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19900930-for-thousands-of-indians-gulf-crisis-becomes-a-nightmare-without-end-813091-1990-09-30|access-date=2021-05-06|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Planning Made Kuwait Airlifting a Success: Ex-Minister|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/planning-made-kuwait-airlifting-a-success-ex-minister/713283|access-date=2021-05-06|website=Outlook (India)}}</ref> | |||
His only defeat in the constituency came in 1996. Unnikrishnan later quit active politics, shifted his base to [[New Delhi]] and then to his ancestral house at [[Panniyankara]] in [[Kozhikode district]], and dedicated himself to reading and writing books. | |||
In 1977, he married Amrita Unnikrishnan. They have two daughters. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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