Chelat Achutha Menon was an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 4th Chief Minister of Kerala from November 1969 to August 1970 and again from October 1970 to 1977. He is viewed as one of the most influential Chief Ministers of Kerala.
Moolayil Narayana Menon Vijayan, popularly known as Vijayan Mash was an Indian academic, orator, columnist and writer of Malayalam literature. Known for his leftist ideals and oratorical skills, Vijayan was the president of the Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham and served as the editor of Deshabhimani. He published a number of books of which Chithayile Velicham received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism in 1982.
St. Thomas' College (Autonomous), Thrissur, is a government aided college located in Thrissur, Kerala, India. It is founded by Mar Adolph Medlycott in 1889. It is the oldest college in the Erstwhile Princely State of Cochin and present day Thrissur district. It is the second private college to be recognised as a first-grade college under the University of Madras. It is the first Catholic college in Kerala and is conducted by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur.
The college is affiliated with the University of Calicut. The college attained Autonomous status in 2014 and was recognised as College with Potential for Excellence by University Grants Commission in 2016. The college was accredited with A++ grade in its fourth cycle of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accreditation, scoring CGPA of 3.70 on a four-point scale in October 2022.
Joseph Mundassery was a literary critic and Indian politician from Kerala state. He specialised in the Malayalam language and literature. In Kerala politics, he is remembered as the Education Minister who was behind the controversial Education Bill of the first EMS communist ministry of 1957.
Manalur is a small village in Thrissur district of Kerala state, south India. It is one of the constituencies in Thrissur district.
P. T. Bhaskara Panicker (1922–1997) was a famous social activist and writer of Kerala, India.
M. K. Prasad was an Indian environmentalist known for his grassroots level activism to protect tropical rainforests in the Indian state of Kerala. In the late 1970s, as a member of Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad, he led the Save Silent Valley movement, to prevent development of a hydroelectric project in the Silent Valley National Park, a project that would have flooded the rainforest.
Rajaji Mathew Thomas is a journalist and a Communist Party of India politician from Thrissur and was the MLA of Ollur from 2006 to 2011. Rajaji Mathew Thomas was the leader of All India Youth Federation and selected as national general secretary. He became the vice President of World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY), based at Budapest from 1985 to 1996.
Thrissur is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. Balachandran of CPI.
Nattika is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is C. C. Mukundan of CPI.
Brahmakulath Devassy Devassy is a Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician from Thrissur and was Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Chalakudy Assembly Constituency.
V. S. Sunil Kumar is an Indian politician and the former Minister for Agriculture, Kerala. In 2011, he was elected from Kaipamangalam constituency and in 2016, from Thrissur constituency to Kerala Legislative Assembly.
Saju Paul is a leftist Indian politician, former Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Perumbavoor constituency, Kerala, India.
V. T. Balram is an Indian politician from Kerala and a member of the INC and vice-president of KPCC. He was a member of the KLA representing Thrithala constituency for two consecutive terms. Later he was defeated by M. B. Rajesh of CPIM by a vote margin of 3173.
T. Thrivikraman is an Indian mathematician who has made important contributions to topology, fuzzy mathematics, history of mathematics and to several other areas of mathematics. He actively promoted the culture of mathematical research in Kerala, himself guiding as many as 29 students in their doctoral research. He was also actively involved in the activities of the science popularization movement known as Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad.
Leela Damodara Menon was an Indian politician. She was a Member of Parliament, representing Kerala in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress.
Murali Perunelly is an Indian politician who is a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Manalur constituency, representing Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was born at Oorakam, Thrissur on 19 June 1950. His parents were T. Raghavan Nair, a freedom fighter and P. Malathy Amma. He is a Secretariat member of CPI (M) District Committee, Thrissur and Kerala Karshaka Sangam Working Committee. He has a bachelor's degree in science and is an agriculturist. Previously elected to K.L.A. in 2006, he is married to Smt Mallika and they have a daughter.
Prof. K. U. Arunan is the member of 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He represented Irinjalakkuda constituency and belongs to Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Krishnan Kaniyamparambil was an Indian politician who was the Minister of Agriculture from 9 June 1997 to 13 May 2001. He was the secretary of the Communist Party of India Legislature Party from 1967 to 1969 in Kerala.
C. K. Narayanan Kutty was an Indian politician. He represented Parali constituency in the first Kerala Legislative Assembly.
