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{{Infobox Indian politician<br />
| image = M. P. Veerendra Kumar DS.jpg<br />
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| name = M. P. Veerendra Kumar<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|08|15|df=yes}} <ref>https://amp/s/theprint.in/india/born-comrade-with-feudal-roots-veerendra-kumar-had-one-last-wish-united-socialist-party/431732/%3famp</ref><br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2020|05|28|1937|08|15}} <ref>http://www.mpveerendrakumar.in/profile.html</ref><br />
| death_place = [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
| birth_place = [[Wayanad]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
| residence = <br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| constituency = [[Kerala]]<br />
| term_start1 = {{Start date|2018|03|23|df=yes}}<br />
| term_end1 = {{End date|2020|05|28|df=yes}}<br />
| predecessor1 = <br />
| successor1 = [[M. V. Shreyams Kumar]]<br />
| term_start2 = {{Start date|2016|04|03|df=yes}}<br />
| term_end2 = {{End date|2017|12|20|df=yes}}<br />
| predecessor2 = [[T. N. Seema]]<br />
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term_start3 = {{Start date|2004||}}<br />
| term_end3 = {{End date|2009||}}<br />
| predecessor3 = [[K. Muraleedharan]]<br />
| successor3 = [[M. K. Raghavan]]<br />
| constituency3 = [[Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kozhikode]]<br />
| term_start4 = {{Start date|1996||}}<br />
| term_end4 = {{End date|1998||}}<br />
| predecessor4 = [[K. Muraleedharan]]<br />
| successor4 = [[P. Sankaran]]<br />
| constituency4 = [[Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kozhikode]]<br />
| party = [[Loktantrik Janata Dal]]<br>{{small|(from 24 March 2018)}}<br />
| otherparty = [[Janata Dal (United)]]<br>{{small|(till 20 December 2017)}},<br>[[Socialist Janata (Democratic)]],<br>[[Janata Dal (Secular)]]<br />
| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College|Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai]]<br>{{small|([[Master of Philosophy]])}}|[[University of Cincinnati|University of Cincinnati, Ohio]]<br>{{small|([[Master of Business Administration]])}}}}<br />
| spouse = <br />
| parents = {{Unbulleted_list||M. K. Padmaprabha Goudar|Marudevi Avva}}<br />
| children = <br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = 23 September|<br />
| year = 2006|<br />
| source = https://web.archive.org/web/20060619230406/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=3822<br />
}}<br />
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'''Maniyankode Padmaprabha Veerendra Kumar''' (15 August 1937 — 28 May 2020) was an Indian politician, writer and journalist, who was a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|member]] of the [[14th Lok Sabha]]. He was a member of the [[Loktantrik Janata Dal]] political party and president of the [[Kerala]] state branch of the party. He was also the chairman and managing director of the Malayalam daily newspaper ''[[Mathrubhumi]]''.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Veerendra Kumar was born on 15 August 1937 to Marudevi Avva and M. K. Padmaprabha Goudar, a leader of [[Socialist Party (India)|Socialist Party]] and former MLA, in [[Kalpetta]]. The eldest of their eight children, he had six younger sisters and a younger brother. After schooling in [[Kalpetta]] and [[Kozhikode]], he did his [[Master of Philosophy|master's in philosophy]] from the [[Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College]].<br />
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As a politician, he was treasurer and a national committee member of the former [[Samyukta Socialist Party]], state secretary of the Kerala Unit of the Socialist Party, one of the all India secretaries of the former Socialist Party, convener of the Opposition Co-ordination Committee in Kerala, vice president of the former [[Janata Party]], and its president. He was arrested during [[The Emergency (India)|The Emergency]]. From 1987–91 he was a member of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]. Later, in 1996 he was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] from Kozhikode constituency and functioned as Minister of state for Labour and later Finance.<br />
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He died on 28 May 2020 due to cardiac arrest at [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]] in [[Kerala]].<ref>https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/news-national-28-05-2020/873941</ref> he is jain by religion<br />
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==Publications==<br />
His works as an author include:<br />
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*''Samanwayathinte Vasantham''<br />
*''Buddhante Chiri''<br />
*''Gattum Kanacharadukalum''<br />
*''Atmavilekkoru Theerthayathra''<br />
*''Prathibhayute Verukal Thedi''<br />
*''Changampuzha: Vidhiyute Vettamrigam''<br />
*''Thirinjhunokkumbol''<br />
*''Lokavyapara Samkhadanayum Oorakkudukkukalum'' (Gattinu Seshamulla Oranweshanam)<br />
*''Roshathinte Vithukal''<br />
*''Adhinivesathinte Adiyozhukukal''<br />
*''Hymavathabhoovil''<br />
*''Ramantedhukkam''<br />
*''Vivekanandan: Sanyasiyum Manushyanum''<br />
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==Awards==<br />
*[[V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan]] Janmasadabdi Award (2009)<ref>{{cite news<br />
|title=Minister calls for schemes to promote khadi<br />
|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Minister-calls-for-schemes-to-promote-khadi/article16596044.ece<br />
|access-date=17 February 2018<br />
|newspaper= The Hindu online<br />
|date=14 May 2009<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217092753/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Minister-calls-for-schemes-to-promote-khadi/article16596044.ece<br />
|archive-date=17 February 2018}}<br />
</ref><br />
*[[Sahitya Akademi Award|Kendra Sahitya Academy Award]] (2010) - for ''Haimavatha bhoovil''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/21/stories/2010122165822400.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225095445/http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/21/stories/2010122165822400.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=25 December 2010 | title=Veerendra Kumar, Nanjil Nadan among Sahitya Akademi winners | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=21 December 2010 | access-date=25 April 2014}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{commons category|M. P. Veerendra Kumar}}<br />
*{{Official website|http://www.mpveerendrakumar.in}}<br />
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{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Malayalam}}<br />
{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}<br />
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{{11th LS members from Kerala}}<br />
{{Vayalar Awards}}<br />
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[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Samyukta Socialist Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Janata Dal (United) politicians]]<br />
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