T. K. Ramakrishnan

T. K. Ramakrishnan
Minister For Fisheries and Rural development Government of Kerala
In office 20 May 1996 - 13 May 2001
Preceded by	M. T. Padma (Minister For Fisheries), Kadavoor Sivadasan (Minister For Rural development)
Succeeded by	K. V. Thomas (Minister For Fisheries) C. F. Thomas (Minister For Rural development)
Minister For Co-operation and Fisheries Government of Kerala
In office 26 March 1987 - 17 June 1991
Preceded by	M. L. Jacob (Minister For Fisheries), M. Kamalam (Minister For Co-operation)
Succeeded by	M. T. Padma (Minister For Fisheries), M. V. Raghavan (Minister For Co-operation)
Minister For Home Affairs Government of Kerala
In office 25 January 1980 - 20 October 1981
Preceded by	C. H. Muhammad Koya (Minister For Home Affairs)
Succeeded by	Ummen Chandy (Minister For Home Affairs)
Leader of Opposition in Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office 13 August 1978 - 11 October 1979
Preceded by	K. Karunakaran
Succeeded by	P. K. Vasudevan Nair
2nd Convenor Of Left Democratic Front (LDF) Of Kerala
In office 1986-1987
Preceded by	P. V. Kunjikannan
Succeeded by	M. M. Lawrence
Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office 1987-2001
Preceded by	N. Srinivasan
Succeeded by	Mercy Ravi
Constituency	Kottayam
In office 1977-1982
Preceded by	Paul P. Mani
Succeeded by	K. G. R. Kartha
Constituency	Thrippunithura
In office 1967-1970
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Succeeded by	Paul P. Mani
Constituency	Thrippunithura
In office 1957-1964
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Succeeded by	Constituency Abolished
Constituency	Kanayannur
Personal details
Born	1922 (1922)
Died	21 April 2006(2006-04-21) (aged 83–84)

T. K. Ramakrishnan Research center inaugural ceremony

T. K. Ramakrishnan (1922 – 21 April 2006) was a politician from Tripunithura, Kerala, India. Ramakrishnan won the assembly elections seven times and was the opposition leader in the fifth Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1979. He was in charge of the Home, Excise, Cultural Affairs and Fisheries Departments during the Left Democratic Front administration at different times. He was a Central Committee member of Communist Party of India (Marxist). T. K. Ramakrishnan died 21 April 2006.

T.K started his public life in the student movement and later became a trade union activist. He functioned as the State President and Secretary of the Kerala Karshaka Sanghom. Com. T. K was a multi- faceted. He has five children and 10 grandchildren. He had left his mark in the cultural front also. He had also excelled in his role as M.L.A and as a Cabinet Minister in charge of various portfolios like Home, Fisheries, Co-Operation, Culture etc.

He was a lover of books and arts. He wrote a series of plays, which highlighted the social realities of the time, and which propagated the Communist ideology. He also wrote a novel Kallile Theepporikal (Sparks from the rock).

He is credited with the creation of various cultural institutions that enriched the society of Kerala such as Council of Historic Research and the Institute of Heritage.

References

• "T.K. Ramakrishnan dead". The Hindu. 22 April 2006. Archived from the original on 10 May 2006.