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'''C.S. Gangadharan''' (7 October 1927 - 8 April 2007)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m159.htm |title=Members - Kerala Legislature |website=www.niyamasabha.org |access-date=2018-02-15}}</ref> was an Indian [[freedom fighter]], a Keralan [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|member of the legislative assembly]] (MLA) and state president of the Kerala Freedom Fighters Association. He was a prominent leader of the [[Kerala Socialist Party]] (KSP).<br />
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== Early days ==<br />
During his university days, Gangadharan participated in the [[Indian independence movement]]. He was an activist of the [[Praja mandala movement|Praja Mandalam]] and also of the erstwhile Vidyarthi Congress. He was a leader of the student movement. On one occasion, Gangadharan was not given permission to appear for intermediate examinations because he wore khadi, viewed as an anti-British statement.<ref name="hindu">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080502043959/http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/09/stories/2007040909620400.htm] "The Hindu"</ref><br />
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== Political activity ==<br />
He participated in the [[Quit India Movement|Quit India]] movement. After leaving college in 1947 Gangadharan formed the Kerala Socialist Party (KSP) under the leadership of [[Mathai Manjooran]], whom he considered as his mentor and guide. Gangadharan led an agitation to [[Central Prison, Viyyur|Viyyur jail]], when Manjooran was held. Assaulted by police and jailed himself, he was released from prison a day before India became independent.<br />
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C.S Gangadharan, known as CS to his friends,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041124155720/http://www.hindu.com/2004/06/29/stories/2004062912580300.htm] "Freedom from Red tapism - The Hindu"</ref> was a staunch activist for the KSP in the post-independence era. He served as secretary of the KSP as well as the publisher of ''Socialist'', its weekly organ. He contested elections in 1970 with the support of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and was elected to the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] representing the [[Irinjalakuda (Assembly constituency)|Irinjalakuda constituency]].<ref name="kerala">[http://www.kerala.gov.in/docs/election_reportage/assembly_election/1970.pdf] "Kerala Assembly - 1970 Official Government site"</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
In 1952, he married Vijayalakshmi, granddaughter of Chief Secretary of Cochin State Komattil Achutha Menon. Considering the caste-communal divide prevalent in society in those days, Gangadharan saw their [[inter-caste marriage]] as a revolutionary move. They have two sons and four daughters.<ref name="hindu" /><br />
<ref name="niyamasabha">[http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m159.htm] "Niyamasabha - Official site"</ref><br />
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== Positions held ==<br />
*Publisher :<br />
:*''Health'' (Magazine)<br />
:*''Socialist'', the weekly organ of KSP.<br />
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*Secretary and president, Trichur Motor Thozhilai Co-operative Society<br />
*Secretary and president, Kerala State Freedom Fighters Association<br />
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