N. C. Sekhar alias Narayanan Pillai Sekhar Chandrasekharan Pillai (2 July 1904 - 3 December 1986) was a freedom fighter, political leader, Rajya Sabha member and writer. He was a member of the first Communist group in Kerala. Sekhar was one of the four founding leaders of the

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in Kerala who participated in the formation of the

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in Thiruvananthapuram in 1931. He joined the national movement during his education. Gandhiji's ideals were very appealing. Participated in the 1930

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and was imprisoned. While in jail, he met Bhagat Singh's colleagues. Sekhar began to think seriously about new avenues for freedom. When the

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was formed in 1934,

P. Krishna Pillai P. Krishna Pillai (19 August 1906 at Vaikom, Kottayam District, Kottayam – 19 August 1948 at Muhamma, Alappuzha District, Alleppey) was a Communism, communist revolutionary from Kerala, India. He was one of the founding leaders of the Co ...

contacted Shekhar and entrusted him with the task of building the Kozhikode trade unions. When the agitation for responsible governance took place in Travancore, Sekhar came to Travancore from Kozhikode and participated in it. In 1949 he had to go into hiding. Elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1954. When the party split, he sided with the

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. He was expelled from the party in 1967. Although he worked with the Naxalite movement, he soon withdrew and returned to the CPI (M). He died on December 3, 1986.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sekhar 1904 births 1986 deaths Indian independence activists Rajya Sabha members from Kerala Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala