Kerala Socialist Party
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Kerala Socialist Party was a political party founded under the leadership of Mathai Manjooran
on September 21, 1947 at Kozhikode. It began as a small party, but its front-line leaders compelled the party deep into the public imagination.
In the changed atmosphere of the present it is hard to evoke the degree of excitement and promise the new party held out to the State. Within the short time span of two decade and a half of its coming into existence KSP came to play a larger-than-life role in the political landscape of the post-independence Kerala
State.
Among its founding members other than Mathai Manjooran there was N. Sreekantan Nair
, M.P. Menon (who later went on to become a Judge of the High Court of Kerala), K. Balakrishnan
(son of the veteran Congress leader C. Kesavan
), John Manjooran, K.C.K.M. Mather, P. K. Balakrishnan, K.R. Chummar, G. Janardhana Kurup
, T.P. Chakrapani, M.T. Lazar, A.P. Pillai to name only some of the prominent leaders. KSP
was one among the seven parties that came together to form a coalition government under the chiefministership of E.M.S. Namboodiripad in the 1967.
The fate of the KSP however was sealed within its makeup. It goes naturally that such an explosive combination of talents could not get along together in harmony for long. In 1949 October, within 2 years of its inception the party underwent a split and N. Sreekantan Nair
, Baby John and K. Balakrishnan joined the Revolutionary Socialist Party
, then a small socialist party confined to Bengal.
Other prominent leaders of the KSP were as follows:
Important members and fellow travellers of the KSP.
Mathai Manjooran
Mathai Manjooran was an Indian independence activist from Kerala, socialist revolutionary, Member of Parliament, Minister of Labour in the second E.M.S...
on September 21, 1947 at Kozhikode. It began as a small party, but its front-line leaders compelled the party deep into the public imagination.
In the changed atmosphere of the present it is hard to evoke the degree of excitement and promise the new party held out to the State. Within the short time span of two decade and a half of its coming into existence KSP came to play a larger-than-life role in the political landscape of the post-independence Kerala
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....
State.
Among its founding members other than Mathai Manjooran there was N. Sreekantan Nair
N. Sreekantan Nair
N. Sreekantan Nair was a long time Member of Parliament of Kollam, Freedom Fighter, Trade Unionist and Writer.-Early life:He was born to N. Neelakanta Pillai M.A. , , , who was a Principal of Govt.Sanskrit College, Trivandrum and who has authored several books in the three languages and JanakiAmma...
, M.P. Menon (who later went on to become a Judge of the High Court of Kerala), K. Balakrishnan
K. Balakrishnan
Kesavan Balakrishnan was a politician, writer and editor.-Early life:He was born to Sri. C. Kesavan, former Chief Minister of the Travancore-Cochin state and Smt Vasanthi.-Political life:...
(son of the veteran Congress leader C. Kesavan
C. Kesavan
C. Kesavan was the Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin during 1951–1952.-External links:*...
), John Manjooran, K.C.K.M. Mather, P. K. Balakrishnan, K.R. Chummar, G. Janardhana Kurup
G. Janardhana Kurup
G. Janardhana Kurup was an Indian lawyer and communist politician. He grew up in Kollam, and joined the struggle for Indian independence at an early age. In the 1950s he took part in founding the Kerala People's Arts Club....
, T.P. Chakrapani, M.T. Lazar, A.P. Pillai to name only some of the prominent leaders. KSP
KSP
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was one among the seven parties that came together to form a coalition government under the chiefministership of E.M.S. Namboodiripad in the 1967.
The fate of the KSP however was sealed within its makeup. It goes naturally that such an explosive combination of talents could not get along together in harmony for long. In 1949 October, within 2 years of its inception the party underwent a split and N. Sreekantan Nair
N. Sreekantan Nair
N. Sreekantan Nair was a long time Member of Parliament of Kollam, Freedom Fighter, Trade Unionist and Writer.-Early life:He was born to N. Neelakanta Pillai M.A. , , , who was a Principal of Govt.Sanskrit College, Trivandrum and who has authored several books in the three languages and JanakiAmma...
, Baby John and K. Balakrishnan joined the Revolutionary Socialist Party
Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
Revolutionary Socialist Party is a Marxist-Leninist political party in India. The party was founded on March 19, 1940 and has its roots in the Bengali liberation movement Anushilan Samiti and the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army. The party got around 0,4% of the votes and three seats in the Lok...
, then a small socialist party confined to Bengal.
Other prominent leaders of the KSP were as follows:
- Mamman Kannanthanam.
- P. Sankarankutty.
- Cherian Manjooran.
- S.S. Das.
- K.G. Nath.
- Karunakara Menon.
- A. Damodaran.
- C.N. Sreekandan Nair.
- C.S. Gangadharan.
- Baby John.
- Prakkulam Bhasi.
- Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai.
- C. Vivekanandan.
- Sadananda Shastri.
- L.G. Pai.
- T.K. Divakaran.
- M.L. George.
- U. Neelakhandan.
Important members and fellow travellers of the KSP.
- M.K. Menon (Vilasini).
- K.M. Roy.
- P G George (Tata Employees Union)