T. K. Ramakrishnan
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T. K. Ramakrishnan was a politician from Tripunithura, Kerala
, India
. Ramakrishnan won the assembly elections seven times and was the opposition leader in the fifth Kerala Legislative Assembly
in 1979. He was in charge of the Home, Excise, Cultural Affairs and Fisheries Departments during the Left Democratic Front
administration at different times. He was a Central Committee
member of Communist Party of India (Marxist)
.
He was a lover of books and arts. He wrote a series of plays, which highlighted the social realities of the time and which propagated the Communist ideology. He also wrote a novel Kallile Theepporikal (Sparks from the rock).
He is credited with the creation of various cultural institutions that enriched Kerala society such as Council of Historic Research and the Institute of Heritage.
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Ramakrishnan won the assembly elections seven times and was the opposition leader in the fifth Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kerala Legislative Assembly
The Kerala Legislative Assembly more popularly known as Niyamasabha , is the law making body of Kerala, one of the 28 States in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives and one nominated member from the Anglo-Indian community...
in 1979. He was in charge of the Home, Excise, Cultural Affairs and Fisheries Departments during the Left Democratic Front
Left Democratic Front
Left Democratic Front is a coalition of left winged political parties in the state of Kerala, in India. This is one of the two major political coalitions in Kerala, each of which have been in power alternatively for the last two decades. LDF is the coalition that is presently in oppposition...
administration at different times. He was a Central Committee
Central Committee
Central Committee was the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, whether ruling or non-ruling in the twentieth century and of the surviving, mostly Trotskyist, states in the early twenty first. In such party organizations the...
member of Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...
.
He was a lover of books and arts. He wrote a series of plays, which highlighted the social realities of the time and which propagated the Communist ideology. He also wrote a novel Kallile Theepporikal (Sparks from the rock).
He is credited with the creation of various cultural institutions that enriched Kerala society such as Council of Historic Research and the Institute of Heritage.