A k gopalan biography

Indian politician (1904–1977)

In this Malayali name, the person is referred to by their given name, Gopalan, and not by their surname, Ayillyath Kuttiari.

Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan (1 October 1904 – 22 March 1977), popularly known as A.

K. Gopalan or AKG, was an Indian communist politician.^[1] He was one of 16 Communist Party of India members elected to the first Lok Sabha in 1952.

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Later he became one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Early life and education

Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan Nambiar was born on 1 October 1904 in Peralasseri, Kannur District of Northern Kerala and educated in Tellichery.

He was educated at Basel Evangelical Mission Parsi High School, Thalassery^[2] and at Government Brennen College, Thalassery.^[3] By the time he became a teacher, India's independence movement was becoming energised by Mahatma Gandhi.

Gopalan took part in the Khilafat Movement which prompt