Online edition of India's National Newspaper Monday, Apr 09, 2007 ePaper

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News: ePaper | Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Opinion | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Engagements | Advts: Classifieds | Jobs | Obituary | Kerala    Freedom fighter dead Staff Reporter C.S. Gangadharan THRISSUR: C.S. Gangadharan, freedom fighter, former MLA and State president of the Kerala Freedom Fighters' Association, died at a private hospital here on Sunday. He was 80. The end came around 12.15 p.m. Authorities did not allow Gangadharan to appear for intermediate examinations because he wore khadi and was involved in the freedom struggle. He was an activist of the Praja Mandalam and the Vidyarthi Congress. Gangadharan considered freedom fighter Mathayi Manjooran as his guide. When Manjooran was arrested by the police and placed in the Viyyur jail, Gangadharan led an agitation in protest. Gangadharan was brutally assaulted by the police and jailed. He was released from prison a day before the country became free from British rule. In 1952, he married Vijayalakshmi, granddaughter of Chief Secretary of Cochin State Komattil Achutha Menon. Gangadharan saw the inter-caste marriage as a revolutionary move. He was at the forefront of the Kerala Socialist Party. In 1970, he was elected to the Kerala Assembly from the Irinjalakuda constituency with the support of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He is survived by his wife, two sons and four daughters.