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|name =M. N. Sathyardhi<br />
|birth_date=13 April 1913<br />
|birth_place=Lahore, British India<br />
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'''M.N. Sathyardhi''' (1913-1998) was a writer and freedom fighter from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. <br />
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== Early life ==<br />
He was born on 13 April 1913 in [[Lahore]] in [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]]. His father was a [[Malayali]] working in the Punjab government service. After intermediate studies he joined National College, Lahore, but could not complete his studies due to his involvement in the freedom struggle. In 1928, he was arrested in connection with the Anders assassination case and was exiled to India. He reached [[Calcutta]] where he met [[Bhagat Singh]] and became a member of [[Hindustan Socialist Republic Association]]. He had to go underground to escape arrest and he reached [[Punjab]] where he was associated with [[Anusheelan Samithi]] an extremist organisation. He spent two years there and got armed training from the organisation. Following the assassination of the Governor of Punjab he was again arrested and sentenced for rigorous imprisonment. While in jail, he took his Honors in [[Urdu]] language. While being taken to the prison in the [[Andamans]], he escaped police custody and went underground. He became involved in the activities of the [[Communist Party of India]]. In 1946 he joined a journal named Progressive Papers Ltd. and in 1947, following the partition of India, he came to India as a refugee. In addition to Malayalam and English he was proficient in [[Hindi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], Urdu, [[Bengali language|Bengali]], and [[Persian language|Persian]]. In 1958, he came to [[Kerala]] and settled in [[Kozhikode]]. He got the Kerala Sahitya Academy award for his work on India's freedom struggle, 'Swathanthrya Samaram' in 1989, and for lifetime contribution in 1996. He died on 4 July 1998.<ref>Akhilavijnanakosam; D.C.Books; Kottayam</ref><ref>Sahithyakara Directory; Kerala Sahithya Academy, Thrissur</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
*Vilaykku vaangam (വിലക്ക് വാങ്ങാം) Translation from Bengali .. of Bimal Mithra<br />
*Prabhukkalum Bhrutyarum<br />
*Jahannara<br />
*Begum Mary Biswas<br />
*Jawaharlal Nehru<br />
*Netajiyude Balyam<br />
*Chourangi<br />
*Agneeswaran<br />
*Nellinte Geetham<br />
*Mushinja Pudava<br />
*Muyalinte Lokam<br />
*Padma Meghna<br />
*Rakthasakshikal<br />
*Navika kalapathile Idimuzhakkam<br />
*Golanthara Yathra<br />
*Goopiyum Baghayum<br />
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[[Category:Writers from Kozhikode]]<br />
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam-language writers]]<br />
[[Category:1913 births]]<br />
[[Category:1998 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Lahore]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian translators]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian non-fiction writers]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br />
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