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Kulappurakkal Karunakaran Nair (2 February 1931 – 7 February 2013) alias K.K. Nair was an Indian politician who was a member of the legislative assembly of
Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
state, India, representing
Pathanamthitta Pathanamthitta (), is a municipality situated in the Central Travancore region in the state of Kerala, India, spread over an area of 23.50 km2. It is the administrative capital of Pathanamthitta district. The town has a population of 37 ...
for 34 years, from 1972 until 2006. He was born on 2 February 1931. An independent MLA of Pathanamthitta for long time, he joined the
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
after the establishment of Pathanamthitta district and again won as the MLA of Pathanamthitta. As a member of the Pathanamthitta constituency, he served in the 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th session of the
Kerala Legislative Assembly The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Kerala, one of the 28 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 c ...
. He was a former member of
Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in term ...
from 1959 to 1979. He was President, Pathanamthitta Plantations Labour Union; Chairman and President, Malanadu Trade Union Congress. Nair is fondly remembered by the natives of
Pathanamthitta district Pathanamthitta District (), is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. The district headquarters is in the town of Pathanamthitta. There are four municipalities in Pathanamthitta: Adoor, Pandalam, Pathanamthitta and Thiruval ...
, for fulfilling their dream. The story goes like this: Once, the parts of current Pathanamthitta district were parts of now-neighbouring
Kollam Kollam (), also known by its former name Quilon , is an ancient seaport and city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. The city i ...
and
Alappuzha Alappuzha or Alleppey () is the administrative headquarters of Alappuzha district in States and territories of India, state of Kerala, India. The Kerala Backwaters, Backwaters of Alappuzha are one of the most popular tourist attractions in Indi ...
districts. As a result, people had to go for a long distance for conducting programmes. Nair, who was representing Pathanamthitta for a long time, visited the then Kerala CM
K. Karunakaran Kannoth Karunakaran (5 July 1918 – 23 December 2010) was an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress (INC). He served as the Chief Minister of Kerala four times during the late 1970s through the mid 1990s. He is the ...
, and bribed him for making a new district. Karunakaran told Nair that for fulfilling his dream, Nair has to resign his post. Thus Nair resigned, and on 1 November 1982, Pathanamthitta district came to being. Later, he returned as MLA through by-elections.


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Official page at Kerala Assembly
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