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'''Mandakini Narayanan''' (died 16 December 2006), popularly known as '''Ma''', was an Indian [[Naxalite]] leader in [[Kerala]]. Born in [[Gujarat]], she married the late Naxal leader [[Kunnikkal Narayanan]]. She herself was one of the front-runners of the Naxalite movement in [[Kerala]], a prominent state in India.<br />
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Mandakini was born to a Gujarati couple, Navin Chandra Osa and Urvashi Osa. She worked with the undivided Communist Party while studying in [[Mumbai]].<br />
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Mandakini, along with her husband and daughter, led several agitations waged by Naxalites in Kerala. She was arrested and sent to jail in the [[Pulpally]] and [[Thalassery]] police stations attack cases, which resulted in death of two police officials. She received a sentence of two and a half years during the emergency and was subjected to severe police excesses.<br />
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Mandakini died on 16 December 2006, at the age of 82.<br />
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Mandakini was survived by her daughter [[K. Ajitha]], Naxalite turned human rights activist and social reformer. Ajitha now champions the cause of women-rights and fights against social evils and corruption through an organization named ANWESHI.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/23/stories/2006122305270500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001090525/http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/23/stories/2006122305270500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 October 2007|title=A revolutionary to the core|date=23 December 2006|first=J.S.|work=[[The Hindu]]|last=Bablu}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930024054/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1870011,0006.htm ''Naxalite pioneer Mandakini Narayanan dies'', Hindustan Times (from Press Trust of India, 16 December 2006)] <br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928094458/http://cpiml.in/PS061201.htm ''In memory of Com. Mandakini Narayanan'', press statement by CPI(ML), 17 December 2006]<br />
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