The All India Forward Bloc is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939,led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India. It has its main stronghold in West Bengal. The party's current Secretary-General is G. Devarajan. Veteran Indian politicians Sarat Chandra Bose and Chitta Basu had been the stalwarts of the party in independent India.
R. Umanath was a communist politician from Tamil Nadu,India,and a Politburo member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1998. He was born in 1921 in Kasaragod,Kerala and moved to Madras during his student days.
The Indian Union Muslim League is a political party primarily based in Kerala. It is recognised as a State Party in Kerala by the Election Commission of India.
Tamil Muslims are Tamils who practise Islam. The community is 6 million in India,primarily in the state of Tamil Nadu where 90% of the Muslim community identified themselves as Tamils. In Tamil Nadu,the majority of Tamil-speaking Muslims belong to the Rowthers Community while other Muslims live in coastal Tamil Nadu. There is a substantial diaspora,particularly in Southeast Asia,which has seen their presence as early as the 13th century. In the late 20th century,the diaspora expanded to Western Europe,Persian Gulf and North America. These Tamil speaking Muslim communities in Sri Lanka were known as the Sonakar,which is derived from the term Yona,originally meaning a Moors.
E. Ahamed,Edappakath Ahamed in full,was an Indian politician from Kannur in northern Kerala. A Member of Parliament between 1991 and 2017,he was a key figure in India's diplomatic relations with the Middle East.
Paramasivan Subbarayan was an Indian politician,freedom fighter and diplomat and was the Prime Minister of Madras Presidency,India's ambassador to Indonesia and Union Minister of Transport and Communications in Jawaharlal Nehru's government. He was the father of General P. P. Kumaramangalam,who served as India's Chief of Army staff,and of politician Mohan Kumaramangalam. He was also the grandfather of INC and BJP politician and Union Minister Rangarajan Kumaramangalam.
K. Jana Krishnamurthi was an Indian political leader who rose to be the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2001. A former Union Law Minister and a member of the Parliament of India,Krishnamurthi was the second person from Tamil Nadu to head a national party in India after Kamaraj.
K. Velayudham Nayar was an Indian politician. He was born in Kerala,but was politically active in Tamil Nadu. He belonged to the All India Forward Bloc. After the demise of the AIFB stalwart and Lok Sabha member U. Muthuramalingam Thevar,Nayar contested the Lok Sabha bye-election for Thevar's seat from the Aruppukottai constituency in 1964. His candidature was supported by the Swatantra Party,the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Indian Union Muslim League. Nayar was,however,defeated by the Congress candidate R.K. Dorai.
Murasoli Maran was an Indian politician and an important leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party which was headed by his maternal uncle and mentor,M. Karunanidhi. A Member of Parliament for 36 years,he was made a Union Minister in three separate central governments,in charge of Urban Development in the V.P. Singh government,Industry in the Gowda and Gujral governments,and finally Commerce and Industry under Vajpayee. Apart from being a politician,Maran was a journalist and scriptwriter for films too.
Subburaman Thirunavukkarasar is an Indian politician. He was the State President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee till 2 February 2019 and former secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) of the Indian National Congress (INC) party. His introduction to politics in 1977 was facilitated by former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu,M. G. Ramachandran. Ramachandran founded the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in 1972 and was facing his first elections for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election in 1977. He identified Thirunavukkarasar,a lawyer by profession,to contest the Aranthangi assembly constituency. Thirunavukkarasar won the seat,aged 27,and was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He continued in that capacity till 1980. Subsequently,he served as Tamil Nadu state minister from 1980 to 1987 in the MGR cabinet,holding portfolios that included Industries,Housing Board,Excise and Handlooms. Later,he became a member of the Lok Sabha –the lower house of the Parliament of India –when he won the erstwhile Pudukottai Lok Sabha constituency. He served as Union Minister of state for shipping and later for telecommunications and information technology.
Nagapattinam is a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 29 of 39. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. The constituency is noted for being an historically communist stronghold,having elected Communist Party of India parliamentary representative seven times.
Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy or Vazhapadi K. Ramamoorthy was an Indian trade unionist and politician.
Maruthaiya Palaniyandi was an Indian politician and trade union leader from Tamil Nadu. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and later,Tamil Maanila Congress.
A.K.A. Abdul SamadSahib was a prominent Tamil politician,and an important leader of the Indian Union Muslim League. He was also a journalist,editor,author,educationist and businessman. He is popularly known in his native states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala by the title "Siraj-ul-Millat".
M. Muhammad Ismail Sahib was an Indian politician and social worker from southern Indian state Tamil Nadu. he was a founder of the Indian Union Muslim League party after the partition of British India. He was popularly known in Tamil Nadu and Kerala as the "Quaid-e-Millat" .. Ismail was a member of Madras Legislative Assembly and Leader of the Opposition (1946—52). He was also a member (1948—50) of the Constituent Assembly,the drafting body of the constitution of India. He was also a member of Rajya Sabha (1952—58) and Lok Sabha.
T. G. Venkatraman was an Indian politician who was a member of the D.M.K. Party.
B. Pocker,Badekkandy, also spelled Poker,title Sahib Bahadur,as an Indian politician and lawyer from Tellicherry,north Kerala,Madras Presidency. He served as a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and as the Member of Parliament from Manjeri Parliamentary Constituency between 1952 and 1962.
Kani K. Navas is an Indian politician and social worker from Indian Union Muslim League who serves as the Member of Parliament Loksabha (2019–present) from Ramanathapuram Parliamentary Constituency of the Indian state Tamil Nadu. He is a member of Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare and Consultative Committee,Ministry of Shipping.
The Muslim Students Federation (MSF) is the student wing of Indian Union Muslim League party in Kerala,India.
