Puthupally Raghavan
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Puthuppally Raghavan (1910–2000) was an Indian freedom fighter, writer and communist activist{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wLe9CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT174|title=The Eighth Ring: An Autobiography|last=Mathew|first=K. M.|date=2015-10-25|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=9789352140442|language=en}} from the state of Kerala, India.
Political life
Raghavan was an active participant in the Indian freedom struggle. He was a member of travancore state congress and the youth league. Later he was attracted to communist ideologies and played a key role in organising the Communist party of India in the Principality of Travancore.{{Cite web|url=http://dev.syntrio.in/kchr-project/pages/15/Memorial-Lectures.html|title=Kerala Council for Historical Research : Pages – Memorial-Lectures|website=dev.syntrio.in|language=en|access-date=2018-01-13}} He was jailed many times for his activities.
His autobiography is titled Viplava Smaranakal.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVt-SwAACAAJ|title=Viplava Smaranakal|first=Raghavan|last=Puthuppally|date=1 July 1996|publisher=DC Books|isbn=9788171302109|accessdate=13 January 2018|via=Google Books}}
Works
- Kerala pathrapravarthana charithram
- Kaneerinteyum chorayudeyum Kathakal
- Indian viplavathinte ithihaasam