General Secretary, J.S.S and Parliamentary Party leader.
Served as Minister for Revenue, Excise and Devaswom from April 1957 to 1959;
Served as Minister for
Revenue,Civil Supplies;
Served as Minister for Sales Tax, Excise and social welfare from March 1967 to October 1969;
Served as Minister for Agriculture and Social Welfare from January 1980 to October 1981;
Served as Minister for Industries, Social welfare, Vigilance and Administration of Justice from March 1987 to June 1991.
Served as Minister for Agriculture and Coir in the 2001-2006 UDF government.
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A graduate in law, she set up practice at Cherthala;
Joined the Communist Party in 1946;
Became a member of the Communist Party in 1947;
Took Part in Trade Union and Peasant Movements;
Was detained on a number of occassions for her part in political agitations;
Was President of the Kerala Karshaka Sangom from 1960 to 1984; Was President of the Kerala Mahila Sangom from 1967 to 1976;
Was Secretary of the Kerala Mahila Sangom from 1976 to 1987; Became a member of the C.P.I (M) State Secretariat;
Formed Janathipathya Samrakshana Samithy(J.S.S). in 1994.
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Was TCLA member in : 1951 and 1954
Was KLA member in: 1957, 1960, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1980, 1982,
1987, 1991, 1996 and 2001.
| Education |
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B.A., B.L |
| Residential Address |
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Kowdiar House,Kowdiar Palace Road,Thiruvananthapuram |
| Languages known |
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Malayalam and English |
| Husband |
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Late Shri. T.V. Thomas |
| Travels Abroad |
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England, America and China |
| Hobby |
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Reading and Playing Cards |
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