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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = M. Dasan<br />
| image =<br />
| office1 = Member of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1987<br />
| term_end1 = 1991<br />
| predecessor1 = K. Chandrasekhara Kurup<br />
| successor1 = A. Sujanapal<br />
| constituency1 = [[Kozhikode North Assembly constituency|Kozhikode North]]<br />
| term_start2 = 1996<br />
| term_end2 = 2001<br />
| predecessor2 = [[A. Sujanapal]]<br />
| successor2 = A. Sujanapal<br />
| constituency2 = [[Kozhikode North Assembly constituency|Kozhikode North]]<br />
| spouse = [[P. Sathidevi]]<br />
| children = 1<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|1|1}}<br />
| birth_place = Kozhikode, Kerala<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2002|6|29|1953|1|1}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kozhikode]], Kerala <br />
}}<br />
'''M. Dasan''' was a social activist, trade unionist and [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] politician from [[Kerala]], India. He represented [[Kozhikode North Assembly constituency]] in 8th and 10th [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
M. Dasan was born on January 1, 1953, in Thelyankara, Kozhikode district, the son of Kanaran and Cheeru.<ref name="kwaeucitu">{{Cite web |title=KERALA WATER AUTHORITY EMPLOYEES UNION CITU |url=http://kwaeucitu.in/our_leaders.php |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=kwaeucitu.in |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311221814/http://kwaeucitu.in/our_leaders.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Legislators of Kerala |url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/legislatorsupto2006.pdf}}</ref> He studied at Chorod UP School and Madappally Government High School.<ref name="kwaeucitu"/><br />
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===Personal life and death===<br />
Dasan and his wife [[P. Sathidevi]] have one daughter.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-25 |title=Kerala Women's Commission Chairperson : അഡ്വ. പി സതീദേവി ഒക്ടോബർ ഒന്നിന് കേരള വനിത കമ്മീഷൻ അധ്യക്ഷയായി ചുമതലയേൽക്കും |url=https://zeenews.india.com/malayalam/kerala/adv-p-sathidevi-to-take-charge-as-kerala-womens-commission-chairperson-on-october-1-69549 |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=Zee News Malayalam |language=ml}}</ref> He died on June 29, 2002, at the age of 49, at a private hospital in Kozhikode.<ref name="times">{{Cite web |date=June 29, 2002 |title=CPM leader M Dasan dead |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/cpm-leader-m-dasan-dead/articleshow/14488767.cms |access-date=2022-05-11 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
===Electoral politics===<br />
Dasan represented [[Kozhikode North Assembly constituency]] in 8th and 10th [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]].<ref name="times"/><br />
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===Trade unionism===<br />
After studies, Dasan started his career as a weaver. He became active in the Weavers' Union and became the Vadakara Taluk secretary of the union.<ref name="kwaeucitu"/> He was later appointed state president of the Kerala Water Authority Employees Union (CITU).<ref name="kwaeucitu"/><br />
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===Party career===<br />
When DYFI was formed, he became its district president and later elected state president in 1983 and state secretary in 1986.<ref name="kwaeucitu"/> He also served as the DYFI all India vice president for 8 years.<ref name="kwaeucitu"/><br />
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Dasan joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 1972 and was elected to the party's Kozhikode district committee in 1987 and State Committee in 1988.<ref name="kwaeucitu"/> Dasan, who took part in many struggles and led many struggles, participated in the surplus land agitation in Kerala and was imprisoned.<ref name="kwaeucitu"/><br />
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==Legacy==<br />
M Dasan Institute of Technology (M-DIT) Kozhikode, a venture of M. Dasan Memorial Co-operative Institute of Engineering and Information Technology was named after him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mdit.ac.in/about.aspx|title=M. Dasan Institute of Technology|access-date=2022-05-11}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1953 births]]<br />
[[Category:2002 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Malayali politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 1987–1991]]<br />
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 1996–2001]]<br />
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