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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Karikadan Kunhali
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| birth_date ={{birth date|1924|7|8|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Kondotty]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| residence =
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1969|7|28|1924|7|8}}
| death_place =
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| constituency = [[Nilambur]]
| term =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| party =[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| religion =
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 26 January |
| year = 2009 |
| source = http://niyamasabha.org/codes/legislatorsupto2006.pdf Legislators of Kerala
}}

'''Karikadan Kunhali''' ({{lang-ml|കരിക്കാടന്‍ കുഞ്ഞാലി}}) (8 July 1924 – 28 July 1969), also known as ''Sakhavu Kunhali'' (Comrade Kunhali), was a [[malayali]] communist leader and a two time [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] from [[Nilambur]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1965/StatisticalReport_1965_Kerala.pdf Key Highlights General Election, 1965 The Legislative Assembly Kerala.]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1967/Statistical_Report_Kerala_1967.pdf Key Highlights General Election, 1967 The Legislative Assembly Kerala.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410020910/http://eci.nic.in/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1967/Statistical_Report_Kerala_1967.pdf |date=10 April 2009 }}</ref> He was assassinated by a gunman hired by the rival political party, Congress.<ref>{{cite news
|title = Kunhali's death statement sought
|url = http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/14/stories/2009071457630400.htm
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120915050623/http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/14/stories/2009071457630400.htm
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 15 September 2012
|date = 14 July 2009
|work = [[The Hindu]]
|accessdate = 17 July 2009
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|publisher = [[Dool news]]
|title = കുഞ്ഞാലിയെ കൊന്നത് ഗോപാലന്‍; 50 വര്‍ഷങ്ങള്‍ക്ക് ശേഷം വെളിപ്പെടുത്തലുമായി ആര്യാടന്‍
|url = https://www.doolnews.com/aryadan-muhammed-reveals-kunjali-murder-case-132.html
|date = 14 July 2020
|accessdate = 14 June 2020
}}</ref>

==Early life==
Born in the village of [[Kondotty]], in [[Malappuram district]] of [[Kerala]], Kunhali had his primary education at Kondotty UP School and secondary education at Malappuram Govt. High School. In 1942 he joined [[Indian Army]]. Life in the army helped mold him into a good soldier who fought injustice in society till his last breath. Soon after the [[World War II|world war]] ended he quit the army and returned to his home state Kerala. Kunjali actively involved in various social activities in the Eranad region (present-day Malappuram district) of Kerala.<ref>''Sa: Kunhali Smaranika'' (1994), Edited by Chelavoor Venu, [[Desabhimani|Desabhimani Press]], [[Kozhikode]].</ref>....

==See also==
* [[List of assassinated Indian politicians]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
Sakhavu Kunjali: Eranadinte Raktha Nakshthram, by [[Hamsa Alungal]], Pu.Ka.Sa. kalikavu

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[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:Assassinated Indian politicians]]
[[Category:Malayali politicians]]
[[Category:People from Malappuram district]]
[[Category:1969 deaths]]
[[Category:Members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 1967–1970]]

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