Chadayan Govindan was a Communist politician and a former minister of Kerala, South India.
17 Facts About Chadayan Govindan
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Chadayan Govindan was the secretary of the Kerala State Committee of Communist Party of India until his death on 9 September 1998.
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Chadayan Govindan was born on 12 May 1929 in Narath Panchayat in Kannur.
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Chadayan Govindan's father was Kunhappa and his mother was Kalyani.
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Chadayan Govindan's family was very poor and his school education had to be stopped in the fifth class.
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Chadayan Govindan started working as a weaver from young age.
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Chadayan Govindan resisted the physical attacks goondas very boldly and this gave him the image of a fire brand worker.
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Chadayan Govindan's house was attacked following a march he organised as part of the Malabar District Board elections in 1949.
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Chadayan Govindan went to Karnataka and engaged in a manual work.
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Chadayan Govindan was arrested in 1965 as part of the nationwide assault on left wing leaders framing them as 'Chinese Agents'.
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Chadayan Govindan has spent many years in the underground for party work.
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Chadayan Govindan became Communist Party Irikkur Farka Committee Member in 1952 and became a full-time party worker in 1962.
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Chadayan Govindan became Kannur District Secretary in 1979 and a member of the State Secretariat in 1985.
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Chadayan Govindan was a member of Narath Panchayat Board in 1954.
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Chadayan Govindan was elected to the Kerala Assembly from Azheekode Constituency in 1977.
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Chadayan Govindan was admitted there for the final time on 25 August 1998, and died at 2:40 AM on 9 September, aged 69.
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Chadayan Govindan was survived by his wife and four sons.