Azhikodan Raghavan was a leader of the

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Personal life

He was born on 1 July, 1919, in South Bazar, Kannur.

Political life

In 1940, he was groomed into a true communist by

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and N.C.Shekhar. He was chosen to be the secretary of the Kannur town branch committee in 1946. In June 1951, he was chosen to be the member of the

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Committee of the Communist party and re-elected to the post. By that time Azhikodan had left his mark in Kerala

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. He was the secretary of the co-ordination committee of the coalition ministry of 1967.

Death

Com. Azhikodan died in 1972. It is believed that

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spread in

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that

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was murdered led to the murder of Azhikodan. There are also allegations raised by

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that

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had a role in the murder. He was cremated in the public graveyard of

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beach, Kannur district,

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, where a column has been erected in his memory.

References

External links

Official website
1919 births 1972 deaths Indian atheists Malayali politicians Politicians from Kannur Assassinated Indian politicians Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala {{Kerala-CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub Political killings in Kerala History of Kerala (1947–present)

Personal life

Political life

Death

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