N Ramakrishnan
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Navath (N R) Ramakrishnan (born 13 March 1941) was an Indian politician, affiliated to the Indian National Congress.[2] .He had served as the state Labour Minister in the Government of Kerala from 1991 to 1995.[1]
Early Life
He was born at Anjarakkandy, Kannur, Kerala o 13 March 1941 to M K Raghavan and N Narayani. He was the eldest of their four children. He went through a lot of hardship as a child and started his life as a beedi worker.
Political Life
Ramakrishnan's political career started as a trade unions activist among beedi workers. He organised the beedi workers under National Trade Union Congress. In 1967 he was elected as Youth Congress Sate Secretary. He was first elected to the Kerala legislative assembly in 1970 from Edakkad constituency of Kerala. He became Kannur DCC President in the year 1971 and went on to serve as the DCC president of 18 years. He was again elected to the Kerala legislative assembly in 1991 and became a minister in K Karunakaran's cabinet.[2]
He has also served as Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee - General Secretary, Chairman of Kerala Handloom Development Corporation, Member of the Small Scale Industries Board, Chairman of Kannur Municipality and Chairman of Chamber of Municipal Chairpersons.[3]
Death
N R passed away on 1 October 2012 while undergoing lung cancer treatment at a private hospital in Mangalore. He is survived by his wife C Jayalakshmi and son and two daughter. One of his daughter is currently active in Kerala politics.[4]
References
- ^ "Former Kerala minister N. Ramakrishnan passes away". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 2012-10-01. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Congress leader N Ramakrishnan passes away". www.madhayamam.com. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ "N Ramakrishnan cremated". News18. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ "Asianet-Breaking News |Kerala Local News |Kerala Latest News | Kerala Breaking News|News". www.asianet.in. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
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