Azhikodan Raghavan

Azhikodan Raghavan was a leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist)/CPI(M). He was born on 1 July 1919 at South Bazar, Kannur.[1]

Com azhikodan
The Samadhi of Azhikodan Raghavan.

In 1940, he was groomed into a true communist by comrades P. Krishna Pillai and N.C.Shekhar. He was chosen to be the secretary of Kannur town branch committee in 1946. In June 1951, he was chosen to be the member of the Malabar Committee of the Communist party and re-elected to the post.[1] By that time Com:Azhikodan had left his mark in Kerala politics. He was the secretary of the co-ordination committee of the coalition ministry of 1967.[2] On the night of 23 September 1972 Com. Azhikodan was assassinated[3] at Chettiyangadi Junction in Thrissur, by stabbing him on his chest. He was cremated in the public graveyard of Payyambalam beach, Kannur district, Kerala, where a column has been erected in his memory.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Kannur District". CPIM Kerala.
  2. Nossiter, Thomas Johnson (1988). Marxist state governments in India: politics, economics and society. Pinter. p. 88. ISBN 9780861874569.
  3. "Arrangements for polls complete in Thrissur district". The Hindu. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
  4. "Govt. failed to take precaution against contagious diseases: Pinarayi". The Hindu. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
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