P. Ravindran

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = P. Ravindran

| birth_name = Padmanabhan Ravindran

| image = Kerala Council of Ministers 1969 Achutha Menon.jpg

| caption = P. Ravindran (top right corner) with other ministers in the Achutha Menon ministry

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|11|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nedungolam near Paravur, Travancore, British India
(now in Kerala, India)

| education = Graduation in Law

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|11|13|1922|11|14|df=y}}

| death_place =

| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly

| term_start = 20 May 1996

| term_end = 13 November 1997

| predecessor = C. V. Padmarajan

| successor = N. Anirudhan

| constituency = Chathannoor

| term_start2 = 26 March 1987

| term_end2 = 17 June 1991

| predecessor2 = C. V. Padmarajan

| successor2 = C. V. Padmarajan

| constituency2 = Chathannoor

| office3 = Member of the Legislative Assembly

| term_start3 = 4 October 1970

| term_end3 = 25 March 1977

| predecessor3 = Self

| successor3 = J. Chitharanjan

| constituency3 = Chathannoor

| office4 = Minister for Industries, Labour & Forests

| term_start4 = 1 November 1969

| term_end4 = 3 August 1970

| predecessor4 = Mathai Manjooran

| successor4 = Baby John

| constituency4 = Chathannoor

| office5 = Member of the Legislative Assembly

| term_start5 = 6 March 1967

| term_end5 = 1 November 1969

| predecessor5 = NA

| successor5 = Self

| constituency5 = Chathannoor

| office6 = Member of the Legislative Assembly

| term_start6 = 22 February 1960

| term_end6 = 26 September 1962

| predecessor6 = NA

| successor6 = Self

| constituency6 = Eravipuram

| term_start7 = 5 April 1957

| term_end7 = 31 July 1959

| predecessor7 = Self

| successor7 = R. S. Unni

| office8 = Member of the Legislative Assembly

| term_start8 = 1954

| term_end8 = 1957

| predecessor8 = NA

| successor8 = Self

| constituency8 = Paravur (now Chathannoor)

| term_start9 = 1951

| term_end9 = 1954

| predecessor9 = Self

| successor9 = NA

| constituency9 = Paravur (now Chathannoor)

| party = Communist Party of India 24px

| spouse = K. Savithrikutty

| children = 1 daughter

| parents = Padmanabhan (Father)

| residence = MLA Jn., Nedungolam, Chathannoor

| website =

| footnotes =

| source = http://firstministry.kerala.gov.in/2017/04/04/shri-p-ravindran/

}}

{{Indian name|Ravindran|Padmanabhan}}Padmanabhan Ravindran (14 November 1922 – 13 November 1997) or P. Ravindran was an Indian politician who was the Minister for Industries, Labour and Forests in Kerala from 1 November 1969 to 3 August 1970. He was the secretary of the CPI Legislature Party from 1967 to 69. Ravindran was imprisoned many times for political reasons. He also chaired as the Chairman and Managing Director of Janayugom Newspaper, Prabhatham Printers and Publishing Company. He has played a major role in building the party cadre in the state of Kerala and received the Sadanandan Award for the Best Co-operator.{{cite web|url=http://firstministry.kerala.gov.in/2017/04/04/shri-p-ravindran/|title=First Ministry – Kerala State|publisher=Government of Kerala|accessdate=19 April 2018}}

Ravindran became the MLA of Paravur constituency (now known as Chathannoor assembly constituency) during the Travancore-Cochin assembly elections held in 1951 and 1954.{{cite web |url=https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/8f8553b5-bcb5-4792-9271-9b6de83ba20b |title=Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area |page=37 |publisher=Government of Kerala |accessdate=2018-04-19 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021080302/https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/8f8553b5-bcb5-4792-9271-9b6de83ba20b |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1954/StatRep_TravCochin_1954.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin |page=37 |publisher=Election Commission of India |accessdate=2018-04-19}} After the dissolution of Paravur constituency, he contested from Eravipuram during the general assembly election of 1957 and the interim election held in 1960. Ravindran represented Chathannoor constituency in Kerala assembly in 1967, 1970, 1987 and 1996.{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1957-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1957 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2018-04-19}}{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1960-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1960 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2018-04-19}}

On 13 November 1997, a day before his 75th birthday, Ravindran died when he was in the position of Chathannoor MLA{{cite web|url=http://www.stateofkerala.in/niyamasabha/p_raveendran.php|title=P. Ravindran – Kerala Niyamasabha|publisher=State of Kerala|accessdate=19 April 2018}}