Veteran Congress leader and four-time chief minister of Kerala Kannoth Karunakaran died on 23 December 2010 at the age of 93. Popularly known as the leader, Karunakaran entered politics through Prajamadalam, a regional party formed in then Cochin in 1941. Kannoth Karunakaran had participated in the trade union activities in the vast Thattil rubber estates and had eventually risen to the level of senior-most Leader of the Indian National Trade Union Congress(INTUC).
Karunakaran founded the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1970. Karunakaran has been the Chief Minister of Kerala four times. He took charge as Chief Minister for the first time in March 1977. He had however tendered his resignation in April 1977 following certain references by the Kerala High Court in what came to be known as Rajan case.
Karunakaran was elected three times to Rajya Sabha and twice to Lok Sabha. He was a member of Rajya Sabha during 1995-97, 1997–98 and 2004-2005. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Thiruvananthapuram in 1998 and from Mukundapuram constituency in 1999. Karunakaran served as the Minister for Industries in the Union Cabinet for one year in 1995.
The first Biography on him titled K.Karunakaran was written by Vrindavanam Venugopalan and published by Islamiya Books, Aluva in 1992.
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