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{{short description|Indian politician and social worker}}
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{{Infobox Indian politician
| image = K. Avukader Kutty Naha.jpg
| caption = K. Avukader Kutty Naha
| name = K. Avukader Kutty Naha
| office = 3rd [[List of deputy chief ministers of Kerala|Deputy Chief Minister of Kerala]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[K. Karunakaran]]
| term_start = 24 October 1983
| term_end = 25 March 1987
| predecessor = [[C. H. Mohammed Koya]]
| successor = ''Office Vacant''
| office1 = Minister of Local Administration
| term1 = 1968–1979
| predecessor1 = [[M. P. M. Ahammed Kurikkal]]
| successor1 = R.S. Unni
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1920|2|5}}
| birth_place = [[Thirurangadi|Tirurangadi]], [[Madras Presidency|Madras Province]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| residence = [[Thirurangadi|Tirurangadi]], [[Malappuram]] ([[Kerala]])
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1988|8|11|1920|2|5}}
| death_place = Tirurangadi, [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| party = [[Indian Union Muslim League]]
| spouse = P. K. Kunhibeebi Umma
| website = |
}}

'''K. Avukader Kutty Naha''' (1920–1988) was an Indian politician and social worker who served as the Minister of Local Administration in various [[Kerala Government|Kerala Governments]] from 1968 to 1979.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=K. Avukader Kutty Naha (profile)|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m051.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220035235/http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m051.htm|archive-date=2019-12-20|access-date=|website=Kerala Legislative Assembly}}</ref> As an [[Indian Union Muslim League]] minister in the 1967–69 [[C. Achutha Menon|Namboodiripad]] ministry, Naha oversaw the creation of the [[Malappuram district|Malappuram District]] in central Kerala (1969).<ref name=":5">James Chiriyankandath (1996) Changing Muslim politics in Kerala: identity, interests and political strategies, ''Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs'', 16:2, 257-271.</ref> Naha, with minister [[M. N. Govindan Nair]] and official C. K. Kochukoshy, also devised the 'One Lack Houses' scheme in Kerala (1970–77 [[C. Achutha Menon|Achutha Menon]] ministry).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jeffrey |first=Robin |title=Politics, Women and Well-Being: How Kerala became 'a Model' |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=1992 |pages=207}}</ref>

Naha was later appointed as the [[Deputy Chief Ministers of Kerala|Deputy Chief Minister of Kerala]] (1983–87) under [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front]] Chief Minister [[K. Karunakaran]].<ref name=":0" /> He was the [[Indian Union Muslim League]] representative to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from [[Tirurangadi (State Assembly constituency)|Tirurangadi Assembly Constituency]] (1957–87).<ref name=":0" />

Naha was born in February 1920 to Kunhikoyamutty Haji.<ref name=":0" /> He was married to P. K. Kunhibeebi Umma.<ref name=":0" /> He is the father of the former Kerala state Education Minister [[P. K. Abdu Rabb]] (2011–16).<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
* Member, Malabar District Board (1954)<ref name=":0" />
* Chairman, House Committee (1960–62)<ref name=":0" />
* Deputy Leader, Muslim League Legislature Party (1980–82).<ref name=":0" />
* Committee on Public Undertakings (1982–83).<ref name=":0" />
* Vice President, Indian Union Muslim League Kerala State Committee<ref name=":0" />
* President, Kerala State Swathanthra Thozhilali Union.<ref name=":0" />

=== Member of Legislative Assembly ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Constituency
!Election
!'''Assembly'''
!Tenure
!Position
!Chief Minister
|-
| rowspan="15" |[[Tirurangadi (State Assembly constituency)|Tirurangadi]]
|1957
|1st KLA
|1957–59
|Opposition
|[[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |1960
| rowspan="3" |2nd KLA
| rowspan="3" |1960–64
|Government
| rowspan="2" |[[Pattom Thanu Pillai]]
|-
|Abstaining Opposition
|-
|Abstaining Opposition
|[[R. Sankar]]
|-
|1965
| colspan="4" |No Ministry formed
|-
| rowspan="2" |1967
| rowspan="2" |3rd KLA
| rowspan="2" |1967–70
|Government
|[[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]
|-
|Government
|[[C. Achutha Menon]]
|-
|1970
|4th KLA
|1970–77
|Government
|[[C. Achutha Menon]]
|-
| rowspan="4" |1977
| rowspan="4" |5th KLA
| rowspan="4" |1977–79
|Government
|[[K. Karunakaran]]
|-
|Government
|[[A. K. Antony]]
|-
|Government
|[[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]]
|-
|Government
|[[C. H. Mohammed Koya]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |1980
| rowspan="2" |6th KLA
| rowspan="2" |1980–82
|Opposition
|[[E. K. Nayanar]]
|-
|Government
|[[K. Karunakaran]]
|-
|1982
|7th KLA
|1982–87
|Government
|[[K. Karunakaran]]
|}

== Minister in different Kerala ministries ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Election
!Term
!Chief Minister
!Portfolio
!Period
|-
| rowspan="2" |1967
|1967–69
|[[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]
|Panchayat and Community Development [https://web.archive.org/web/20130403134712/http://www.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4223&Itemid=3218]
|1968–69
|-
|1969–70
|[[C. Achutha Menon]]
|Local Administration [https://web.archive.org/web/20130403134712/http://www.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4223&Itemid=3218]
|1969–70
|-
|1970
|1970–77
|[[C. Achutha Menon]]
|Food and Local Administration [https://web.archive.org/web/20130403133300/http://www.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4222&Itemid=3218]
|1970–77
|-
| rowspan="3" |1977
|1977
|[[K. Karunakaran]]
|Local Administration [https://web.archive.org/web/20130403141034/http://www.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4221&Itemid=3218]
|1977
|-
|1977–78
|[[A. K. Antony]]
|Local Administration [https://web.archive.org/web/20130403141034/http://www.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4221&Itemid=3218]
|1977–78
|-
|1978–79
|[[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]]
|Local Administration [https://web.archive.org/web/20130403141034/http://www.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4221&Itemid=3218]
|1978–79
|-
|1982
|1982–87
|[[K. Karunakaran]]
|Deputy Chief Minister [https://web.archive.org/web/20130403151713/http://www.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4219&Itemid=3218]
|1983–87
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Further reading==
* [http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/14kla/chief%20ministers,%20ministers,%20leaders%20of%20opposition.pdf Kerala Legislative Assembly]
* [https://archive.today/20130217225317/http://indianunionmuslimleague.in/history-indian-union-muslim-league-iuml Indian Union Muslim League]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20191220035235/http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m051.htm Kerala Legislative Assembly]
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