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|name =Baby John<br />
|image =Babyjohn2.jpg<br />
|birth_date ={{Birth date|1917|10|25|df=yes}}<br />
|death_date ={{Death date and age|2008|01|29|1917|10|25|df=yes}}<br />
|party = [[Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)]]<br />
|spouse = {{Marriage|Annamma|1952}}<br />
|children = 3 (incl. [[Shibu Baby John]])<br />
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'''Baby John''' (25 October 1917 – 27 January 2008) was a senior leader of the [[Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)]]. Previously, he was General Secretary of the [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]] in India. He was known in the [[Kerala]] state political circles as ‘Kerala Kissinger’ for his abilities to manage political crises at times when the state was passing through difficult political phases.<ref>{{cite news|publisher = Rediff News|title = 'Kerala Kissinger' passes away |url = http://ia.rediff.com/www/news/2008/jan/29kerala.htm |date=29 January 2008 |accessdate=27 July 2009}}</ref><br />
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== Legislative career ==<br />
John's legislative career began in the early 1950s, when he was elected to the Travancore-Cochin Assembly. After the formation of Kerala state, he was elected to the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] from 1960 to 1996, mostly from his home constituency [[Chavara]]. He had served as minister; handling different portfolios in coalition governments led by the [[C. Achutha Menon]], [[K. Karunakaran]], [[A. K. Antony]], [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]], and [[E. K. Nayanar]].<ref>{{cite news<br />
|publisher=The Indian Express Limited <br />
|title=Veteran RSP leader Baby John passes away <br />
|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Veteran-RSP-leader-Baby-John-passes-away/266613/ <br />
|date=29 January 2008 <br />
|accessdate=27 July 2009 <br />
|url-status=dead <br />
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704213744/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Veteran-RSP-leader-Baby-John-passes-away/266613/ <br />
|archivedate=4 July 2008 <br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080921134838/http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/30/stories/2008013053520500.htm Baby John mourned]<br />
*[https://archive.today/20130202044138/http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14596378 Veteran Communist leader Baby John dead]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105051353/http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/25/stories/2009012551690300.htm Baby John death anniversary observance]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071030190215/http://www.hindu.com/2007/10/29/stories/2007102952040300.htm Baby John turns 90]<br />
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