A.K Gopalan (A K G)

Com. A.K Gopalan parted with us on 22 March 1977. His valiant struggles for protecting the interest of the working class inside and outside the Parliament earned him the title the “Crusader of the downtrodden”.
Born on 1st October 1904 in Peralassery in Kannur district. He became a member of Indian National Congress in 1927. He was actively involved in popularising Khadi and welfare of Harijans. He was arrested in 1930 following the ‘Salt Sathyagraha’.

He later became the member of the Congress Socialist Party and the Communist Party. The hunger jatha organised by him in 1937 is famous. He was jailed in 1939, but escaped from the jail in 1942. When India got independence A.K.G was again in jail. He was elected to the Lok Sabha five times. He was the leader of the opposition in the Parliament. He was one among the 32 members who walked out of the CPI National council in 1964. He was the member of Polit Bureau.