Mannathu Padmanabhan was an Indian social reformer and freedom fighter from the south-western state of Kerala. He is recognised as the founder of the Nair Service Society (NSS),which represents the Nair community that constitutes 15.5% of the population of the state. His birthday(January 2) is observed as Mannam Jayanti every year. Padmanabhan is considered as a visionary reformer who organised the Nair community under the NSS.
Kerala Congress (Mani) or KEC(M) is a state-level political party in the Indian state of Kerala,currently led by chairman Jose K. Mani. It was formed by K. M. Mani in 1979,after a split from the Kerala Congress. They are part of the LDF since October 2020.
Pinarayi Vijayan is an Indian politician who is the current Chief Minister of Kerala,serving since 25 May 2016. A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist),he is the longest-serving secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M) (1998–2015). He also served in the government of Kerala as Minister of Electric Power and Co-operatives from 1996 to 1998. Vijayan won a seat in the May 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election as the CPI(M) candidate for Dharmadom constituency and was selected as the leader of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and became the 12th Chief Minister of Kerala. He is the first chief minister from Kerala to be re-elected after completing a full term in office. In 2022,he also became the longest-continuous serving chief minister of Kerala surpassing C. Achutha Menon who had been the first to remain in office for 2364 consecutive days.
K. Francis George is an Indian politician who is a leader of Kerala Congress which is one among several factions of the Kerala Congress. He was a member of the 13th and the 14th Lok Sabha,representing Idukki constituency of Kerala. He was formerly a leader of the Kerala Congress (M) and that of his former party Janadhipathya Kerala Congress.
Ramesh Chennithala,,,is an Indian politician,and Working Committee Member of the Indian National Congress. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He also served as the state Home Minister in the Government of Kerala for two years. He holds the record of the youngest minister in Kerala at the age of 28.
Cherian Philip is an Indian politician and is KPCC political study centre chairman member,KPCC political affairs committee member,and AICC member. He was the Coordinator of Nava Kerala Action Plan,which is an initiative of the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Government of Kerala. He was the Secretary of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee while A. K. Antony was in presidency. He was a prominent youth and student leader of the Indian National Congress in seventies and eighties. A political historian of Kerala and India,he has authored several books. He worked as a consultant for Kairali TV and People TV. He was the Chairman of Kerala Tourism Development Corporation (KTDC) and founder president of Kerala Deshiya Vedhi - a social organisation. He returned to Congress(I) on 28 October 2021.
Thombrayil Uthup Kuruvilla is a politician from Kerala,India. He was born at Oonjappara,Kothamangalam,Kerala,on 13 September 1936,to Uthuppu and Mariyam. He did his Diploma in Civil Engineering. He is a well known Agriculturist and businessman. He got elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly consecutively in 2006 and 2011 from Kothamangalam constituency. Kuruvilla served as Public Works Minister in the government led by V. S. Achuthanandan for a short period.
Jose Karingozhackal Mani is an Indian politician and MP and former MP from Kerala. He is the son of veteran politician K. M. Mani and the Chairman of Kerala Congress (M).
Plathottathil Chacko George is an Indian politician. George is a seven-time and ex MLA of the Poonjar constituency in the Kottayam district of Kerala state (1982-87) and (1996-2022). He was in the Kerala Legislative Assembly for 33 years. After the legislative election 2016,he created his own party named as Kerala Janapaksham (Secular). Formerly,he was the member of political parties like KC,KC(J),KC(M) and KC(S).
Joseph M. Puthussery is an Indian politician. He serves as senior leader of the Kerala Congress.
Joseph Vazhackan is an Indian politician from Kerala. He belongs to the Indian National Congress party. He represented Muvattupuzha Constituency in the 13th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He is currently the Vice President and Spokesperson of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He is also a Member of All India Congress Committee (AICC).
M. M. Jacob,in full Mundakkal Mathew Jacob,was an Indian politician,working in Indian National Congress. He married Achamma Kunnuthara from Tiruvalla,Kerala and had four daughters. He was appointed Governor of Meghalaya in 1995 and again in 2000 for a second term. He also discharged the function of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh as well for some time in 1996. He is longest serving governor of any Indian state. He served for more than 11 years.
St. Thomas College,Pala (Autonomous) is a government aided college of higher education located in Pala town,Kerala,India. It was founded on 7 August 1950 by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Palai. The college is affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam and was re-accredited with A++ grade by NAAC in February 2021. The college is recognized under the sections 2(f) and 12B of the UGC Act 1956. The Government of Kerala has recognized the college as a Special Grade College.
P. A. Madhavan is an Indian National Congress politician from Thrissur and former Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Manaloor Assembly Constituency (2011-2016). Son of P. Achuthan Nair and Malamelpattiath Parvathy Amma,he was born at Mundur,Thrissur on 14 September 1946 and is a licensed Document Writer since 1967.
Kizhakkayil Mathai Chandy was an Indian Freedom fighter, Indian National Congress leader,Member of the Travancore–Cochin Legislative Assembly who also served as the governor of the Indian states of Gujarat,Madhya Pradesh and the Union Territory of Pondicherry. From 1948 to 1951,he served as a member of the Travancore State Legislature. From 1952 to 1954,he served as a M.L.A in the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly. He was also the former president of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and chairman of Rubber Board.
Thomas Kallampally was a notable politician and educationist from Kanjirappally,Kerala. He was born in Kanjirappally. He started Netaji Vayanasaala a library for the youth at Anakkal,Kanjirappally at the age of 18. He was elected as the State General Secretary of Kerala Students Congress,the students wing of Kerala Congress while doing his Law Degree at Government Law College,Ernakulam. He also served as the PTA president of St Antony's Public school from its inception till his demise. Kallampally was also a member of Center for Human Resourced Development of State of Kerala and Kerala State Pollution Control Board. He was also a lead campaign manager for the Kerala Congress for various Lok Sabha elections. Kallampally holds the record of the second youngest MLA in the history of Kerala Legislative Assembly having elected to the Assembly at the age of 26.
Kunnummal Surendran is an Indian politician from Kozhikode in the state of Kerala. He currently serves as the 11th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state. In March 2024,he was announced as the BJP candidate from the Wayanad Constituency for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections,facing off against Rahul Gandhi.
Antony Raju is an Indian politician and was in office as Minister for Road Transport,Motor Vehicles,Water Transport till 24 December 2023,Government of Kerala. He is the leader of Janadhipathya Kerala Congress. He was elected to the Kerala legislative assembly from Thiruvananthapuram Constituency of Kerala in 2021. Earlier he was the MLA of Thiruvananthapuram West Constituency from 1996 to 2001.
Cherian J. Kappan was a Freedom fighter,Indian National Congress leader,Member of the Travancore–Cochin Legislative Assembly and Member of Parliament from Kerala,India. He was a member of Travancore State Legislature from 1948 to 1951 and M.L.A. in Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly from 1952 to 1954. Cherian represented Ramapuram constituency as a Congress Parliamentary Party candidate in Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly. He represented Muvattupuzha constituency in third Lok Sabha (1962–67). He was the first chairman of the Pala Municipality.
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