Susheela Gopalan

Susheela Gopalan
Susheela Gopalan
Minister for Industries and Social Welfare, Kerala
	In office; 20 May 1996 – 13 May 2001
Constituency	Ambalappuzha
Member of Parliament
	In office; 1980–1984
Constituency	Alappuzha
	In office; 1991–1996
Constituency	Chirayinkil
Personal details
Born	29 December 1929; Muhamma, in Alappuzha, Kerala
Died	19 December 2001 (aged 71); Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Susheela Gopalan (29 December 1929, at Muhamma, in Alappuzha, Kerala – 19 December 2001, at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) was an Indian Communist leader and one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Life

She was elected Member of Parliament thrice, from Ambalappuzha (1967), Alappuzha (1980) and Chirayinkil (1991), and was a Minister in the Government of Kerala for a number of years. Born to the famous kalari family, Cheerappanchira in Muhamma, she was educated in Alappuzha and Trivandrum and joined the Communist Party. She married A. K. Gopalan in 1952, one of the veterans of the party, who she had met during his years in hiding.^[1]

She was one of the few women who held major responsibilities in the CPI (M) structure. She was a Minister in a number of LDF cabinets in Kerala. During her last term she was the Minister for Industries and Social Welfare. She lost by one vote to E. K. Nayanar in an election for chief ministership in the state committee of CPI(M), in whose cabinet she became the Minister for Industries and Social Welfare.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Love in time of struggles". The Hindu. 20 December 2001. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018.

External links

Condolence by the Polit-bureau Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Interview concerning Kerala's Industrial Policy
Jeevitha Katha
List of members of the 4th Lok Sabha#Kerala

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[1] "Love in time of struggles". The Hindu. 20 December 2001. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018.

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