Azhikodan Raghavan was a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). Personal life He was born on 1 July, 1919, in South Bazar, Kannur. Political life In 1940, he was groomed into a true communist by comrades P. Krishna Pillai and N.C.Shekhar. He was chosen to be the secretary of the Kannur town branch committee in 1946. In June 1951, he was chosen to be the member of the Malabar Committee of the Communist party and re-elected to the post. By that time Azhikodan had left his mark in Kerala politics. He was the secretary of the co-ordination committee of the coalition ministry of 1967. Death Com. Azhikodan died in 1972. It is believed that fake news spread in Thrissur that A. V. Aryan was murdered led to the murder of Azhikodan. There are also allegations raised by Nawab Rajendran that K. Karunakaran had a role in the murder. He was cremated in the public graveyard of Payyambalam beach, Kannur district, Kerala, where a column has been erected in his memory. See also A K Gopalan E K Nayanar E. K. Imbichi Bava List of assassinated Indian politicians References External links Official website 1919 births 1972 deaths Indian atheists Malayali politicians Politicians from Kannur Assassinated Indian politicians Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala Political killings in Kerala History of Kerala (1947–present)