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|constituency3 = [[Karthikappally]] | |constituency3 = [[Karthikappally]] | ||
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|birth_place = [[ | |birth_place = Aalissery, [[Alappuzha]], [[Travancore]] | ||
|death_date = 14 February 1970 | |death_date = 14 February 1970 | ||
|death_place = [[Kerala]] | |death_place = [[Kerala]] | ||
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'''R. Sugathan''', (23 December 1901 – 14 February 1970), popularly known as '''Sugathansir''', was an | '''R. Sugathan''', (23 December 1901 – 14 February 1970), popularly known as '''Sugathansir''', was an Indian [[Communist]] leader and an early trade unionist of [[Kerala]]. He was elected to the Travancore-Cochin Assembly in 1952 ([[Alleppey]]) & 1954 from Maraikkulam ([[Mararikulam]]),<ref>[http://www.kerala.gov.in/ele_rep/1954.pdf Interim Election to the Travancore-Cochin Assembly – 1954] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006112349/http://www.kerala.gov.in/ele_rep/1954.pdf |date=6 October 2008 }} [[Government of Kerala]] website.</ref> followed by first [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] elections in 1957 from Karthigapally ([[Karthikappally]]) in present [[Alappuzha district]], and second assembly also from [[Karthikappally]] as a CPI member.<ref>[http://www.kerala.gov.in/ele_rep/1957.pdf ELECTIONS TO THE FIRST KERALA ASSEMBLY-1957] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015141519/http://www.kerala.gov.in/ele_rep/1957.pdf |date=15 October 2008 }} [[Government of Kerala]] website.</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m663.htm | title=Members - Kerala Legislature }}</ref> | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
He was an active member of the Sahodara Sangham (The Brotherhood Movement), later he left his teaching job at a private school to join [[SNDP]] Yogam, where he worked hard to eliminate caste as an institution, and also SNDP's political wing, Ezhava Political League, and when Congress came into existence in the state he became its part. In 1938, he organized coir factory workers into union and was arrested for agitating, and sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment. | He was an active member of the Sahodara Sangham (The Brotherhood Movement), later he left his teaching job at a private school to join [[SNDP]] Yogam, where he worked hard to eliminate caste as an institution, and also SNDP's political wing, Ezhava Political League, and when Congress came into existence in the state he became its part. In 1938, he organized coir factory workers into union and was arrested for agitating, and sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment.{{Citation needed|date= April 2022}} | ||
Later, he became involved with the [[Travancore Labour Association]] and finally he left Congress joined the Communist Party in 1942, he was imprisoned twice again in the following years.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Social History of India|last=Sadasivan|first=S. N.|year=2000 |publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=81-7648-170-X |page=668 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Be3PCvzf-BYC&dq=%22R.+Sugathan%22+communist&pg=PA668 }}</ref> | Later, he became involved with the [[Travancore Labour Association]] and finally he left Congress joined the Communist Party in 1942, he was imprisoned twice again in the following years.<ref>{{cite book |title=A Social History of India|last=Sadasivan|first=S. N.|year=2000 |publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=81-7648-170-X |page=668 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Be3PCvzf-BYC&dq=%22R.+Sugathan%22+communist&pg=PA668 }}</ref> | ||