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Ramachandran Unnithan; born 21 January 1936), popularly known as R. C. Unnithan or simply R.C., was a
Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...
political activist and trade union leader. he was one of the early leaders of the Communist Party of India in the southern districts and eastern plantations 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 ...
, India. He contested on CPI(M) party tickets for the state legislative election in 1965 from Adoor constituency and from the nearby Konni constituency in 1970 and 1977. He was a political prisoner at the state prison along with several leading opposition leaders who were imprisoned in Kerala and elsewhere all across India during the Emergency regime when fundamental democratic rights were curtailed for twenty-one months between 1975 and 1977. He published several books and articles. Notable among them was a personal/political diary penned while being imprisoned during emergency years.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Unnithan, R.C. 1936 births 2015 deaths People from Pathanamthitta district Writers from Kerala Trade unionists from Kerala Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala Malayali politicians Malayalam-language writers Malayalam poets University College Thiruvananthapuram alumni Indians imprisoned during the Emergency (India) The Emergency (India)