Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Mukundapuram
State : Kerala
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Late Shri Ramunni Marar
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Kaliyani Amma
Date of birth : 05 Jul 1918
Profession : Artist Social Worker, Trade Unionist
Positions held :
1945-47 Member, Trichur Municipal Corporation1948-49 Member, Cochin Legislative Assembly1952-54 Member, Travancore-Cochin Legislative AssemblyChief Whip, Congress Legislative Party, Kerala1965-95 Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly (seven terms)1967-69 Leader of the Opposition, Kerala Legislative Assembly (four times)1968-70 Chairman, Public Accounts Committee1969 onwards Member, Congress Working Committee1971-77 Cabinet Minister, Home Affairs, KeralaMarch-April 1977 Chief Minister, Kerala1978 Leader of the Opposition, Kerala Legislative Assembly1980-81 Leader of the Opposition, Kerala Legislative Assembly (four times)1981-82 Chief Minister, Kerala (2nd term)1982-87 Chief Minister, Kerala (3rd term)1984 onwards Member, Congress Parliamentary Board1987 Chairman, Committee on Socio-economic Policies, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)1987-91 Leader of the Opposition, Kerala Legislative Assembly (four times)1991-95 Chief Minister, Kerala (4th term)1995-96 Union Cabinet Minister, Industries1995-98 Member, Rajya SabhaMember, Committee on Science and TechnologyMember, Committee on Environment and ForestsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha1998-99 Chairman, Committee on Energy and its Sub-CommitteesMember, Rules CommitteeMember, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1999-2000 Member, Rules CommitteeMember, Committee on Transport and Tourism
More Information :
Social And Cultural Activities
Represented various socio-cultural fora as a student
Special Interests
Arts and painting
Countries Visited
Widely travelled (12 countries)
Other Information
Actively participated in Freedom Struggle; organised trade unions; Founder-Member, Indian National Trade Union Congress (I.N.T.U.C.), Kerala; Chairman, Committee on Population, National Development Council, 1992; Convenor, Committee on Price Rise, Unemployment and Housing, A.I.C.C.; and Member, Indian Delegation to I.L.O. Conference, 1957
