M. Bhaskaran

{{Short description|Indian politician (died 2020)}}

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M. Bhaskaran (died 21 October 2020) was an Indian politician, and member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).{{cite news |title=Former Mayor M. Bhaskaran passes away |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/former-mayor-m-bhaskaran-passes-away/article32911833.ece |access-date=26 December 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=21 October 2020 |language=en-IN}} He was the mayor of Kozhikode from 2005 to 2010{{cite news |title=CPM leader M Bhaskaran passes away at 80 {{!}} Kozhikode News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/cpm-leader-m-bhaskaran-passes-away-at-80/articleshow/78796125.cms |access-date=26 December 2020 |work=The Times of India |agency=TNN |date=22 October 2020 |language=en}} and a member of the Kozhikode District Committee of CPI(M).{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Ramakrishnan-CPIM-Kozhikode-secretary/article14897591.ece|title=Ramakrishnan CPI(M) Kozhikode secretary|newspaper=The Hindu|date=19 December 2007|via=www.thehindu.com}} He was from a small village Karaparamba in Kozhikode.{{cite news |title=Former Kozhikode mayor M Bhaskaran dies at 80 |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/former-kozhikode-mayor-m-bhaskaran-dies-at-80-1.5147560 |access-date=26 December 2020 |work=Mathrubhumi |language=en |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101034354/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/former-kozhikode-mayor-m-bhaskaran-dies-at-80-1.5147560 |url-status=dead }}

Bhaskaran joined CPI(M) in 1964. Since 1974, he has been a full-time activist.{{cite news |title=Bhaskaran out of CPI(M) district secretariat |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/bhaskaran-out-of-cpim-district-secretariat/article23229968.ece |access-date=26 December 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=13 March 2018 |language=en-IN}}{{cite news |title=Mohanan likely to continue as district secretary |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/mohanan-likely-to-continue-as-district-secretary/article19677786.ece |access-date=26 December 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=13 September 2017 |language=en-IN}}