K. Karunakaran

K Karunakaran
കെ. കരുണാകരന്‍
Chief Minister of Kerala[1]
In office
25 March 1977 – 25 April 1977
Preceded by C. Achutha Menon
Succeeded by A.K. Antony
In office
28 December 1981 – 17 March 1982
Preceded by A.K. Antony
Succeeded by President's Rule
In office
24 May 1982 – 25 May 1987
Preceded by President's Rule
Succeeded by E K Nayanar
In office
24 June 1991 – 16 May 1995
Preceded by E K Nayanar
Succeeded by A.K. Antony
Minister of Home Affairs Kerala State[2]
In office
25 September 1971 – 25 March 1977
Preceded by C. Achutha Menon
Succeeded by K M Mani
Minister of Industries Government of India[3][4]
In office
1995–1996
Member of Legislative Assembly[5]
In office
1967–1996
Constituency Mala (7 Terms)
Member of Parliament Lok Sabha[5][6]
In office
1998–1999
Constituency Thiruvananthapuram
In office
1999–2004
Constituency Mukundapuram
Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha[5][6]
In office
1995–1997
In office
1997–1998
In office
2004–2005
Member of Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly[6][7]
In office
1 July 1949 – 23 March 1956
Member of Kochi Legislative Assembly[6][7]
In office
1948–1949
Councillor of Thrissur[7]
In office
1945–1948
Personal details
Born (1918-07-05)5 July 1918
Chirakkal, Cannanore, British India
Died 23 December 2010(2010-12-23) (aged 92)
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Kalyanikutty Amma 1954-1993 (m. 2016)
Children K. Muraleedharan, Padmaja Venugopal
Residence Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram
As of 2 November, 2007
Source: [Government of Kerala]

Kannoth Karunakaran (5 July 1918 – 23 December 2010) was a politician and a former Chief Minister of Kerala, India belonging to the Indian National Congress party. He was close to Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.[8] Karunakaran is the founder of United Democratic Front (UDF) and coalition Government system in Kerala.


Death

Karunakaran died on 23 December 2010, aged 92, at Ananthapuri Hospital in Thiruvananthapuram. He was suffering from respiratory problems, fever and other age related diseases and had been hospitalized on 21 October 2010, never to be left alive again. His condition worsened following a stroke and death occurred following a cardiac arrest. His death was confirmed by doctors at 5:30 PM. It was coincidental that his death and Narasimha Rao's death was on same date (Rao died six years earlier in 2004). Karunakaran had played key role in backing the Rao Government and later Rao had dismissed Karunakaran from the chair of Chief Minister of Kerala.[9][10] His funeral was attended by the then prime minister Manmohan Singh and the AICC chief Sonia Gandhi.

Biographies

The first biography on him titled 'K.Karunakaran' was written by Vrindavanam Venugopalan. Published by Islamiya Books, Aluva in 1992.

Controversies

K. Karunakaran was the home minister of Kerala during the emergency period. After the Emergency, the Rajan case rocked Kerala politics like no other issue before and Karunakaran was forced to step down as the case attracted national attention. It was a habeas corpus petition filed by T.V. Eachara Warrier asking the state machinery to produce his son Rajan (a student of Regional Engineering College, Calicut who actively participated in protests against the emergency declared by the Indira government) in court. Rajan was allegedly killed by the police at Kakkayam police torture camp and the body disposed off Mad. The legal battle led by Rajan's father became one of the most remembered human rights fights in the state and diminished Karunakaran's popularity. The book Memories of a father is a lamentation of a father over his son's brutal death. He was an accused in the Palmolein Oil Import Scam, which was pending before the Supreme Court at the time of his death.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/ginfo_5.html[]
  2. ↑ "KERALA's FIRST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY". Information & Public Relations Department. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Babu, Sathish (18 October 2014). "K. KARUNAKARAN". Prominent Indian Personalities. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Former Kerala Chief Minister Karunakaran passes away". The Hindu. The Hindu. 24 December 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Shri K. Karunakaran and Mala". mala.co.in. Mala.co.in. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "K. Karunakaran". niyamasabha.org. Information System Section, Kerala Legislative Assembly, Thiruvananthapuram. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 "KERALA NIYAMASABHA: K.KARUNAKARAN". stateofkerala.in. www.stateofkerala.in. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Who was K Karunakaran?. Press Trust of India. NDTV. Retrieved 23 December 2010
  9. ↑ Karunakaran passes away. The Hindu. Retrieved on 23 December 2010
  10. ↑ Joe A Scaria (23 December 2010). "Karunakaran passes away, bringing curtains down on era in Kerala politics". The Economic Times. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
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Political offices
Preceded by
C. Achutha Menon		 Chief Minister of Kerala
1977 		Succeeded by
A. K. Antony
Preceded by
E.K. Nayanar		 Chief Minister of Kerala
1981–1987 		Succeeded by
E.K. Nayanar
Preceded by
E.K. Nayanar		 Chief Minister of Kerala
1991–1995 		Succeeded by
A. K. Antony
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