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'''G. Janardhana Kurup''' (died 25 March 2011) was an [[India]]n lawyer and communist politician. He grew up in Kollam, and joined the struggle for Indian independence at an early age. In the 1950s he took part in founding the [[Kerala People's Arts Club]].<ref name="hin">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article1570689.ece | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024085237/https://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article1570689.ece | archivedate=24 October 2012 | title=Former Communist leader Janardhana Kurup passes away | date=25 March 2011 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=27 June 2018 }}</ref> He was one of the main actors and a co-director in the play [[Ningalenne Communistakki]], which was written by [[Thoppil Bhasi]] for the [[Kerala People's Arts Club]]. This turned out to be immensely popular play, and played a principal role in popularising [[Communism]] in [[Kerala]] in the fifties.<br />
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During his legal career, he appeared in over 500 criminal cases. At the time of the 2003 [[Marad riots]], he defended over 100 accused.<ref name="gan"/> G. Janaradha Kurup worked as Special Public Prosecutor in several criminal cases, including the Suriyanelli rape case.<ref name="hin"/><br />
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G. Janaradha Kurup was a [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]] award winner.<ref name="gan">{{cite web |url=http://ganashakti.com/news-storage/news-details/article/veteran-communist-janardhana-kurup-passes-away.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-03-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726203012/http://ganashakti.com/news-storage/news-details/article/veteran-communist-janardhana-kurup-passes-away.html |archive-date=2011-07-26 |df= }}</ref><br />
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