E. M. S. Namboodiripad
As chief minister, EMS pioneered radical land and educational reforms in Kerala, which helped it become the country's leader in social indicators.He remained committed to socialist ideals, and his compassion towards the working class led him to join the Communist movement.The Indian government considered him to be one of the founders of the Communist Party of India (CPI) in Kerala, forcing him to go into hiding.Initially, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was hesitant to dismiss a democratically elected government, but he was convinced by his daughter Indira Gandhi.[17][18] Namboodiripad became the Chief Minister of Kerala for the second time in 1967 as the leader of a seven-party coalition (Saptakakshi Munnani) which included the CPI and Muslim League.Soon after becoming Chief Minister again, on 31 January 1968 he inaugurated a mechanized coir factory called Floorco in Pozhikkara, Paravur.This time Namboodiripad's tenure lasted for two and a half years, and the government fell on 24 October 1969 due to internal conflicts within the constituent parties.Namboodiripad also acknowledged some of the earlier misconceptions of the Communist Party with respect to the Progressive Literature and Arts Movement.Soon after the results were declared, he contracted pneumonia, and was admitted to the Cosmopolitan hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, where he died at 3:40 p.m. (IST) on 19 March 1998, aged 88.Thousands of people joined the funeral procession and he was cremated with full state honours in Thycaud electric crematorium in Thiruvananthapuram.[23] The President of India K. R. Narayanan condoled his death and stated: "A scholar, historian and journalist, he was above all an educator of the people as well as their leader.
Chief Minister of KeralaPresident's ruleC. Achutha MenonPattom Thanu PillaiGeneral SecretaryCommunist Party of IndiaAjoy GhoshChandra Rajeswara RaoCommunist Party of India (Marxist)P. SundarayyaHarkishan Singh SurjeetPerinthalmannaMadras PresidencyBritish IndiaMalappuram districtThiruvananthapuramAlma materSt. Thomas College, ThrissurCongressChief Ministerleader in social indicatorsElamkulamThuthapuzhaPerinthalmanna talukNambudiri Brahminintellectually disabledMalabar rebellionIrinjalakudaV. T. BhattathiripadM. R. BhattathiripadNamboothiriValluvanaduIndian National CongressIndian independence movementV.J MathaiCongress Socialist PartysocialistPrabhathamMadras Legislative Assemblysocialist idealsworking classCommunist movementIndian governmentfoundersKeralaSino-Indian warCPI split in 1964Central CommitteePolitburoMarxistKerala Legislative AssemblyThrikaripurPattambiCPI(M)AlathurCommunistRepublic of San Marinomicrostate in EuropeLand Reform OrdinanceEducation BillVimochana SamaramArticle 356Indian ConstitutionJawaharlal NehruIndira GandhiCentral Intelligence AgencyEllsworth BunkerNicolae CeauşescuSaptakakshi MunnaniPeople's PlanFirst E. M. S. Namboodiripad ministryLiberation StruggleSecond E. M. S. Namboodiripad ministryKesari Balakrishna PillaiJoseph MundasseryM. P. PaulK. DamodaranProgressive Association for Arts and Letterspetit-bourgeoisMalayalam literature1998 general electionpneumoniaDeshabhimaniviewingcremated with full state honoursPresident of IndiaK. R. NarayananPrime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayeeheart attackSujith ShankarE. M. S. Namboodiripad bibliographyseveral literary worksVasanthathinte Kanal VazhikalilSudheeshKerala Council of MinistersThe HinduThe IndependentOutlook IndiaUniversity of CalicutRamachandra GuhaIndia after GandhiP. Govinda PillaiNational Book TrustKerala LegislaturePattom ThanupillaiR. SankarPrakash KaratSitaram YechuryCurrent politburoS. Ramachandran PillaiBiman BoseManik SarkarBrinda KaratPinarayi VijayanHannan MollahKodiyeri BalakrishnanM. A. BabySurja Kanta MishraMohammad SalimSubhashini AliB. V. RaghavuluG. RamakrishnanTapan Kumar SenNilotpal BasuChief ministers