P. V. Varghese Vaidyar | |
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Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly (MLA) | |
In office 1996–2001 | |
Preceded by | K. C. Rosakutty |
Succeeded by | N. D. Appachan |
Constituency | Sulthan Bathery |
Personal details | |
Born | Travancore, British India | 9 November 1922
Died | 16 September 2012 Kalpetta, Wayanad district, Kerala | (aged 89)
Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Spouse | Saramma Varghese |
Children | 3 |
Residence(s) | Meenangadi, Wayanad district, Kerala |
Panackal Varkey Varghese Vaidyar was a Communist Party of India (Marxist) politician from Kerala, India. He represented Sulthan Bathery Assembly constituency in 10th Kerala Legislative Assembly.
Varghese Vaidyar was born on 9 November 1922 in Kunnakkalkara village in the Muvattupuzha Taluk to Annamma and P. V. Varkey of the Panackal house. [1] [2] [3] Vaidyar's family migrated to Wayanad in 1952. [3]
Varghese Vaidyar and his wife Saramma Varghese of the Marottikal family in Muvattupuzha have three children. [3] He died due to cardiac arrest, at a private hospital in Kalpetta on September 16, 2012. [4] The body was cremated with state honors at the St. Peter's Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Cathedral at Meenangadi. [4]
Varghese Vaidyar, who was an active member of Indian independence movement, participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942. [3] He was a member of Indian National Congress party till 1949. [3] He has been active in the field of public works since the formation of the Wayanad Taluk Revenue Land Owners' Association. [2] Vaidyar later joined the Communist Party of India and the Kerala Karshaka Sangam (Peasants' Union) at the behest of A. K. Gopalan. [2] After the split of Communist Party of India in 1964, Vaidyar became member of Communist Party of India (Marxist). [2] He became prominent in the CPI (M) in the 1970s, leading a series of land struggles in the district, involving agricultural workers and small farmers. [4] In 1970, Vaidyar was imprisoned along with A. K. Gopalan for participating in the Mudavanmukh agitation for the distribution of surplus land. [2]
Vaidyar contested the 1982 and 1991 Kerala assembly elections but lost. [2] He was elected to the 10th Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1996. [4] He represented Sulthan Bathery Assembly constituency as a CPI (M) candidate. [3] He had also served as Meenangadi panchayat president for two terms (10 years). [4] Vaidyar also held several other positions including director of Wayanad District Co-operative Bank, member of the State Housing Board and the North Wayanad Land Board, district secretary and district president of Kerala State Karshaka Thozhilali Union. [3] He was also the founding chairman of the Brahmagiri Development Society. [5]
His biography Varghese Vaidyante Athmakatha ( ISBN 9788126453337) was published in 2015 by DC Books. The first 4 chapters were written by Varghese himself but could not be completed because of his death, rest has been completed by his son Cherian Kalpakavadi. [6]His life is depicted by Mohanlal in the malayalam movie Lal Salaam(1990).
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