V. V. Raghavan (23 June 1923 – 27 October 2004) was a

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(CPI) politician from

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, Kerala. He was the Member of Parliament from

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for the 11th and

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History

V. V. Raghavan was born on 23 June 1923 as the son of Velappan. He entered politics by participating in the Cochin Praja Mandal struggle for responsible Government in the state, he later joined Kerala Socialist Party and participated in the Freedom struggle. He had also to endure police brutality and imprisonment, in connection with the "Rajendra Maidan" incident, during this time. A strong supporter of the cause of have nots and downtrodden, he joined CPI, during his period of imprisonment in 1948 and worked among labourers and organised underground activities for two years. His acquaintance with C. Achutha Menon, who became his brother-in-law later, served a great deal, to mould his political outlook profoundly. Raghavan was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly twice, from Cherpu constituency, as a member of CPI in the 8th and 9th KLA. Raghavan served as the Minister for Agriculture in the

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from 2 April 1987 to 17 June 1991. He was the chief architect of ‘Fayalil ninnum Vayalilekku’. Raghavan was subsequently elected to Lok Sabha in 1996 and 1998 from Thrissur Parliamentary constituency and subsequently to the

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in 2000. Earlier, he had also been elected to the Thrissur Municipal Council thrice. A lover of literature and arts, he has published many articles and has also authored a book ''In the Land of Lenin'', which had won the Soviet Land Nehru award in 1977. His wife is C. Sathyabhama and they have one son and one daughter. V. V. Raghavan died on 27 October 2004, while serving as a member of Rajya Sabha.

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1923 births 2004 deaths Malayali politicians Politicians from Thrissur Communist Party of India politicians from Kerala India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 1998–1999 Lok Sabha members from Kerala Rajya Sabha members from Kerala Kerala MLAs 1991–1996 Agriculture ministers of Kerala {{Kerala-CPIndia-politician-stub