Lonappan Nambadan was an Indian politician from Kerala.
13 Facts About Lonappan Nambadan
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Lonappan Nambadan was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India.
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Lonappan Nambadan represented the Mukundapuram constituency of Kerala and was a member of the Communist Party of India political party.
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Lonappan Nambadan studied in National Boys High School, Kodakara and TTC from District Institute of Education and Training, Ramavarmapuram, Thrissur.
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Lonappan Nambadan entered politics in 1957 through Indian National Congress and worked as its local President.
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Lonappan Nambadan joined Kerala Congress the next year when it was formed and became its President, Kodakara Constituency Committee.
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Lonappan Nambadan was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1977,1980 and 1982 from Kodakara constituency as a Kerala Congress Candidate.
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Lonappan Nambadan who was one of the founding leaders of the Kerala Congress resigned from the party.
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In 1987,1991 and 1996 Lonappan Nambadan contested from Irinjalakuda constituency as an Independent candidate backed by the LDF.
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Lonappan Nambadan had long fought for the declaration of Malayalam as the official language used in official transactions of the state.
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Lonappan Nambadan had burnt English copies of legislative bills in the Assembly hall and his supporters had to undergo several days of imprisonment for shouting slogans demanding introduction of Malayalam as official language.
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Lonappan Nambadan authored a few books including the collection Ningalude Swantham Lonappan Nambadan.
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Lonappan Nambadan received the 2012 Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award in other categories of literature for this work.