M. K. Kumaran (1914–1994) was a writer, journalist and politician 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 ...

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. He was twice elected MP for

Chirayinkeezhu Chirayinkeezhu is a town in Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. It was also hometown of famous Malayalam Film actor Prem Nazir . It is the seat of Chirayinkeezhu taluk. Anjengo Fort The well known Anjengo Fort (''Anchu ...

, first in

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

, and again in

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

. He was born on May 29, 1914, in

Kottarakara Kottarakkara ( IAST: Koṭṭārakkara), also transliterated as ''Kottarakara'', is a town and municipality in the Kollam district of the Kerala, India. The town is close to Kollam Port, which has a rich history linked to the early medieval pe ...

, Kerala. He increasingly became involved in political activities during his student days and began working (as a political activist?) with the State Congress, a political party which was formed in 1938 to demand responsible governance in the princely state of

Travancore The Kingdom of Travancore ( /ˈtrævənkɔːr/), also known as the Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor, was an Indian kingdom from c. 1729 until 1949. It was ruled by the Travancore Royal Family from Padmanabhapuram, and later Thiruvananthapuram. At ...

. He was educated at Maharaja's College of Arts and the Law College, Trivandrum, then worked as a lawyer for a short time before going into journalism. Later he joined the

Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

. Having involved in trade union activities in the former Travancore area of Kerala State, he stood in the

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

elections

and won. He stood again in

and was re-elected. He died in 1994. Sahithyakara Directory ; Kerala Sahithya Academy,Thrissur He had married in 1946 Shrimati C. N. Subhadra. His son M. K. Bhadrakumar, a former diplomat and author, has fulfilled assignments in the Soviet Union, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Germany, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kuwait and Turkey.

Electoral history

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha A Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha (abbreviated: MP) is the representative of a legislative constituency in the Lok Sabha; the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct Elections in I ...

, Second Lok Sabha (1957—62) *

, Third Lok Sabha (1962—67)

Works

* Rakthasakshi * Pasternakkum Niroopakanmarum * Tolstoyiyum Bharyayum * Yamuna-Yude Theerathu * Chirakukal

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kumaran, M. K. Indian male writers Indian communists Indian materialists Malayali people People from Kollam district Writers from Kerala Malayalam-language writers 20th-century Indian translators 1994 deaths 1914 births 20th-century Indian journalists Indian newspaper editors India MPs 1957–1962 India MPs 1962–1967