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 Ponnara Sreedhar  

Member, Travancore Legislative Assembly (1948) 
Travancore Cochin Legislative Assembly (1949-56), 
1st KLA [Vilappil-PSP],  2nd KLA [Vilappil-Independent]. 

BA, BL; Pleader; Son of Shri. Govinda Pillai;  born in September 1899.            

Other Positions Held and details:

Actively involved in Freedom Movement; Participated in the non-cooperation movement in 1922; Nagpur Sathyagraha, Vaikom Satyagraha, Salt satyagraha and many other agitations; Imprisoned several times; Brutally tortued by the police; Mayor, Thiruvananthapuram Corporation (1956), Prominent Worker of KPCC and the Travancore State Congress; Later joined PSP; President, Travancore Cochin Estate Employees Union and other trade unions; Involved in Tribal and Harijan upliftment work.

 

 

 

 

Expired on 27-02-1966; Obituary made on 28-03-1966.
 
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