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N. Sreekantan Nair (15 July 1915 – 20 July 1983) was an Indian politician, independence activist, trade unionist and writer[1] who served as a Member of Parliament for Kollam.[2]
N. Sreekantan Nair
Member of Parliament for Quilon Mavelikara (Lok Sabha constituency)
He was born on 15 July 1915 as the only son of N. Neelakanta Pillai M.A. (Eng), (Mal), (Sanskrit). Pillai was a Principal of Government Sanskrit College, Trivandrum and authored several books in the three languages and JanakiAmma. He married activist Maheshwari Amma, daughter of freedom fighter K. K. Kunju Pillai. They have a daughter, Naja.[3]
He was a member of the State Congress in the erstwhile state of Travancore, and a founder of the Kerala Socialist Party which later merged into the Revolutionary Socialist Party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in the General Elections of 1952 from Quilon cum Mavelikara constituency, but lost the 1957 elections to V. P. Nair. He won the next four elections (1962, 1967, 1971, 1977) representing Kollam Parliament Constituency. He devoted his political life to the trade union sector in Kerala.
Chalo Delhi (Malayalam)(Translation of Road to Delhi by M.Sivaram)
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^"Nair Writer". keralaculture.org. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^"Sreekantan Nair MP". loksabhaph.nic.in. 1951. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^"Nair Public Profile". geni.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
Vekthiyum Prasthanavum Biography on him written by Navaikulam Sukumaran Nair
Dynamics of Agrarian Struggle – Viśvambharanāyar Muraḷīdharannāyar – Google Books. Anmol Publications. 1996. ISBN9788174884435. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
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