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{{short description|Indian politician and writer}}
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{{Infobox Indian politician
| image               = M. P. Veerendra Kumar DS.jpg
| imagesize           = 
| name                = M. P. Veerendra Kumar
| caption             = 
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1937|08|15|df=yes}} <ref>https://amp/s/theprint.in/india/born-comrade-with-feudal-roots-veerendra-kumar-had-one-last-wish-united-socialist-party/431732/%3famp</ref>
| nationality         = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2020|05|28|1937|08|15}} <ref>http://www.mpveerendrakumar.in/profile.html</ref>
| death_place         = [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]], India
| birth_place         = [[Wayanad]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| residence           = 
| office              = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency        = [[Kerala]]
| term_start1         = {{Start date|2018|03|23|df=yes}}
| term_end1           = {{End date|2020|05|28|df=yes}}
| predecessor1        = 
| successor1          = [[M. V. Shreyams Kumar]]
| term_start2         = {{Start date|2016|04|03|df=yes}}
| term_end2           = {{End date|2017|12|20|df=yes}}
| predecessor2        = [[T. N. Seema]]
| office3             = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start3         = {{Start date|2004||}}
| term_end3           = {{End date|2009||}}
| predecessor3        = [[K. Muraleedharan]]
| successor3          = [[M. K. Raghavan]]
| constituency3       = [[Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kozhikode]]
| term_start4         = {{Start date|1996||}}
| term_end4           = {{End date|1998||}}
| predecessor4        = [[K. Muraleedharan]]
| successor4          = [[P. Sankaran]]
| constituency4       = [[Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kozhikode]]
| party               = [[Loktantrik Janata Dal]]<br>{{small|(from 24 March 2018)}}
| otherparty          = [[Janata Dal (United)]]<br>{{small|(till 20 December 2017)}},<br>[[Socialist Janata (Democratic)]],<br>[[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
| alma_mater          = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College|Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai]]<br>{{small|([[Master of Philosophy]])}}|[[University of Cincinnati|University of Cincinnati, Ohio]]<br>{{small|([[Master of Business Administration]])}}}}
| spouse              = 
| parents             = {{Unbulleted_list||M. K. Padmaprabha Goudar|Marudevi Avva}}
| children            = 
| website             = 
| footnotes           = 
| date                = 23 September|
| year                = 2006|
| source              = https://web.archive.org/web/20060619230406/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=3822
}}

'''Maniyankode Padmaprabha Veerendra Kumar''' (15 August 1937 — 28 May 2020) was an Indian politician, writer and journalist, who was a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|member]] of the [[14th Lok Sabha]]. He was a member of the [[Loktantrik Janata Dal]] political party and president of the [[Kerala]] state branch of the party. He was also the chairman and managing director of the Malayalam daily newspaper ''[[Mathrubhumi]]''.

==Life==
Veerendra Kumar was born on 15 August 1937 to Marudevi Avva and M. K. Padmaprabha Goudar, a leader of [[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]] and former MLA, in [[Kalpetta]]. The eldest of their eight children, he had six younger sisters and a younger brother. After schooling in [[Kalpetta]] and [[Kozhikode]], he did his [[Master of Philosophy|master's in philosophy]] from the [[Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College]].

As a politician, he was treasurer and a national committee member of the former [[Samyukta Socialist Party]], state secretary of the Kerala Unit of the Socialist Party, one of the all India secretaries of the former Socialist Party, convener of the Opposition Co-ordination Committee in Kerala, vice president of the former [[Janata Party]], and its president. He was arrested during [[The Emergency (India)|The Emergency]]. From 1987–91 he was a member of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]. Later, in 1996 he was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from Kozhikode constituency and functioned as Minister of state for Labour and later Finance.

He died on 28 May 2020 due to cardiac arrest at [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]] in [[Kerala]].<ref>https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/news-national-28-05-2020/873941</ref> he is jain by religion

==Publications==
His works as an author include:

*''Samanwayathinte Vasantham''
*''Buddhante Chiri''
*''Gattum Kanacharadukalum''
*''Atmavilekkoru Theerthayathra''
*''Prathibhayute Verukal Thedi''
*''Changampuzha: Vidhiyute Vettamrigam''
*''Thirinjhunokkumbol''
*''Lokavyapara Samkhadanayum Oorakkudukkukalum'' (Gattinu Seshamulla Oranweshanam)
*''Roshathinte Vithukal''
*''Adhinivesathinte Adiyozhukukal''
*''Hymavathabhoovil''
*''Ramantedhukkam''
*''Vivekanandan: Sanyasiyum Manushyanum''

==Awards==
*[[V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan]] Janmasadabdi Award (2009)<ref>{{cite news
|title=Minister calls for schemes to promote khadi
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Minister-calls-for-schemes-to-promote-khadi/article16596044.ece
|access-date=17 February 2018
|newspaper= The Hindu online
|date=14 May 2009
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217092753/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Minister-calls-for-schemes-to-promote-khadi/article16596044.ece
|archive-date=17 February 2018}}
</ref>
*[[Sahitya Akademi Award|Kendra Sahitya Academy Award]] (2010) - for ''Haimavatha bhoovil''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/21/stories/2010122165822400.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225095445/http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/21/stories/2010122165822400.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=25 December 2010 | title=Veerendra Kumar, Nanjil Nadan among Sahitya Akademi winners | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=21 December 2010 | access-date=25 April 2014}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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{{s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament<br>for [[Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kozhikode]] |years=2004 - 2009}}
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==External links==
{{commons category|M. P. Veerendra Kumar}}
*{{Official website|http://www.mpveerendrakumar.in}}

{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Malayalam}}
{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}
{{14th LS members from Kerala}}
{{11th LS members from Kerala}}
{{Vayalar Awards}}

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