Erambala Krishnan Nayanar (Malayalam: ഏറമ്പാല കൃഷ്ണ൯ നായനാ൪) (December 9, 1919 - May 19, 2004) was a prominent Indian political leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He held the post of Chief Minister of Kerala three times 1980-81, 1987-91 and 1996-2001. He is the longest serving Chief Minister of Kerala, having been in office for a total of 4009 days, spanning 11 years. He was a member of the Polit Bureau of CPI(M).
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Erambala Krishnan Nayanar (Malayalam: ഏറമ്പാല കൃഷ്ണ൯ നായനാ൪) (December 9, 1919 - May 19, 2004) was a prominent Indian political leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He held the post of Chief Minister of Kerala three times 1980-81, 1987-91 and 1996-2001. He is the longest serving Chief Minister of Kerala, having been in office for a total of 4009 days, spanning 11 years. He was a member of the Polit Bureau of CPI(M).
He was born into wealth and privilege in British-ruled Malabar (north Kerala) (exactly in Kalliasseri in Kannur district), at a time when the Congress was considered by the authorities as a recruiting ground for subversives, and the communist movement was growing in the country. His father Govindan Nambiar was a believer in the feudal way of life, and would often fly into a rage when the young Nayanar began to frequently don the Gandhi cap as a student volunteer enticed into the national movement by his close relatives, most prominently, uncle and the late...
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