M. P. Veerendra Kumar

M. P. Veerendra Kumar
M. P. Veerendra Kumar
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Constituency	Kerala
	In office; 23 March 2018 – 28 May 2020
Succeeded by	M. V. Shreyams Kumar
	In office; 3 April 2016 – 20 December 2017
Preceded by	T. N. Seema
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 2004 – 2009
Preceded by	K. Muraleedharan
Succeeded by	M. K. Raghavan
Constituency	Kozhikode
	In office; 1996 – 1998
Preceded by	K. Muraleedharan
Succeeded by	P. Sankaran
Constituency	Kozhikode
Personal details
Born	15 August 1937 ; Wayanad, Kerala, India
Died	28 May 2020 (aged 82) ; Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Loktantrik Janata Dal; (from 24 March 2018)
Other political; affiliations	Janata Dal (United); (till 20 December 2017),; Socialist Janata (Democratic),; Janata Dal (Secular)
Parent(s)	M. K. Padmaprabha Goudar; Marudevi Avva;
Alma mater	Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai; (Master of Philosophy); University of Cincinnati, Ohio; (Master of Business Administration);
	As of 23 September, 2006; Source: [1]

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Maniyankode Padmaprabha Veerendra Kumar (15 August 1937 — 28 May 2020) was an Indian politician, writer and journalist, who was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha. He was a member of the Loktantrik Janata Dal political party and president of the Kerala state branch of the party. He was also the chairman and managing director of the Malayalam daily newspaper Mathrubhumi.

Life[edit]

Veerendra Kumar was born on 15 August 1937 to Marudevi Avva and M. K. Padmaprabha Goudar, a leader of Socialist Party and former MLA, in Kalpetta. The eldest of their eight children, he had six younger sisters and a younger brother. After schooling in Kalpetta and Kozhikode, he did his master's in philosophy from the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College.

As a politician, he was treasurer and a national committee member of the former Samyukta Socialist Party, state secretary of the Kerala Unit of the Socialist Party, one of the all India secretaries of the former Socialist Party, convener of the Opposition Co-ordination Committee in Kerala, vice president of the former Janata Party, and its president. He was arrested during The Emergency. From 1987–91 he was a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Later, in 1996 he was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Kozhikode constituency and functioned as Minister of state for Labour and later Finance.

He died on 28 May 2020 due to cardiac arrest at Kozhikode in Kerala.^[3] he is jain by religion

Publications[edit]

His works as an author include:

Samanwayathinte Vasantham
Buddhante Chiri
Gattum Kanacharadukalum
Atmavilekkoru Theerthayathra
Prathibhayute Verukal Thedi
Changampuzha: Vidhiyute Vettamrigam
Thirinjhunokkumbol
Lokavyapara Samkhadanayum Oorakkudukkukalum (Gattinu Seshamulla Oranweshanam)
Roshathinte Vithukal
Adhinivesathinte Adiyozhukukal
Hymavathabhoovil
Ramantedhukkam
Vivekanandan: Sanyasiyum Manushyanum

Awards[edit]

V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan Janmasadabdi Award (2009)^[4]
Kendra Sahitya Academy Award (2010) - for Haimavatha bhoovil^[5]

References[edit]

↑ https://amp/s/theprint.in/india/born-comrade-with-feudal-roots-veerendra-kumar-had-one-last-wish-united-socialist-party/431732/%3famp
↑ http://www.mpveerendrakumar.in/profile.html
↑ https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/news-national-28-05-2020/873941
↑ "Minister calls for schemes to promote khadi". The Hindu online. 14 May 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
↑ "Veerendra Kumar, Nanjil Nadan among Sahitya Akademi winners". The Hindu. 21 December 2010. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2014.

Lok Sabha
Preceded by K. Muraleedharan	Member of Parliament for Kozhikode 1996 – 1998	Succeeded by P. Sankaran
Preceded by K. Muraleedharan	Member of Parliament for Kozhikode 2004 - 2009	Succeeded by M. K. Raghavan

External links[edit]

www.mpveerendrakumar.in

Template:Vayalar Awards

[1] ttps://amp/s/theprint.in/india/born-comrade-with-feudal-roots-veerendra-kumar-had-one-last-wish-united-socialist-party/431732/%3famp

[2] ttp://www.mpveerendrakumar.in/profile.html

[3] ttps://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/news-national-28-05-2020/873941

[4] "Minister calls for schemes to promote khadi". The Hindu online. 14 May 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

[5] "Veerendra Kumar, Nanjil Nadan among Sahitya Akademi winners". The Hindu. 21 December 2010. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2014.

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v t e Sahitya Akademi Award for Malayalam language
1955-1975	R. Narayana Panickar (1955) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (1957) K. P. Kesava Menon (1958) Uroob (1960) G. Sankara Kurup (1963) P. Kesavadev (1964) Balamani Amma (1965) Kuttikrishna Marar (1966) P. Kunhiraman Nair (1967) Edasseri Govindan Nair (1969) M. T. Vasudevan Nair (1970) Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon (1971) S. K. Pottekkatt (1972) Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri (1973) Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup (1974) O. N. V. Kurup (1975)
1976-2000	Cherukad (1976) Lalithambika Antharjanam (1977) Sugathakumari (1978) N. V. Krishna Warrier (1979) Punathil Kunjabdulla (1980) Vilasini (1981) V. K. N. (1982) S. Guptan Nair (1983) Ayyappa Paniker (1984) Sukumar Azhikode (1985) M. Leelavathy (1986) N. Krishna Pillai (1987) C. Radhakrishnan (1988) Olappamanna (1989) O. V. Vijayan (1990) M. P. Sankunni Nair (1991) M. Mukundan (1992) N. P. Mohammed (1993) Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri (1994) Thikkodiyan (1995) T. Padmanabhan (1996) Anand (1997) Kovilan (1998) C. V. Sreeraman (1999) R. Ramachandran (2000)
2001-present	Attoor Ravi Varma (2001) K. G. Sankara Pillai (2002) Sara Joseph (2003) Zacharia (2004) Kakkanadan (2005) M. Sukumaran (2006) Sethu (2007) K. P. Appan (2008) U. A. Khader (2009) M. P. Veerendra Kumar (2010) M. K. Sanu (2011) K. Satchidanandan (2012) M. N. Paloor (2013) Subhash Chandran (2014) K. R. Meera (2015) Prabha Varma (2016) K. P. Ramanunni (2017) S. Ramesan Nair (2018)

v t e Members of the 14th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 2004	P. Karunakaran A. P. Abdullakutty P. Satheedevi M. P. Veerendra Kumar T. K. Hamza E. Ahammed N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar C. K. Chandrappan Lonappan Nambadan Sebastian Paul P. C. Thomas K. Suresh Kurup K. Francis George K. S. Manoj C. S. Sujatha Chengara Surendran P. Rajendran Varkala Radhakrishnan P. K. Vasudevan Nair
Bye-elections 2005	Pannyan Raveendran Pre-bye poll: P. K. Vasudevan Nair - death
13th LS members 15th LS members Members of the 14th Lok Sabha from States AP BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH OR PB RJ TN TG UP UT WB Northeastern states AR AS MN ML MZ NL SK TR Union territories AN CH DD JK LA LD DL PY

v t e Members of the 11th Lok Sabha from Kerala State
GE 1996	T. Govindan Mullappally Ramachandran O. Bharathan M. P. Veerendra Kumar E. Ahamed G. M. Banatwala N. N. Krishnadas S. Ajaya Kumar V. V. Raghavan P. C. Chacko Xavier Arackal P. C. Thomas Ramesh Chennithala A. C. Jose V. M. Sudheeran P. J. Kurien Kodikunnil Suresh N. K. Premachandran A. Sampath K. V. Surendranath
10th LS members 12th LS members Members of the 11th Lok Sabha from States AP BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH OR PB RJ TN TG UP UT WB Northeastern states AR AS MN ML MZ NL SK TR Union territories AN CH DD JK LA LD DL PY