R. C. Unnithan

{{short description|Indian Malayalam politician}}

{{for|Kathakali exponent|Ramachandran Unnithan}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = R. C. Unnithan

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1936|1|21}}

| birth_place = Adoor, Kerala, India

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|8|25|1936|1|21}}{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

| death_place = Kodumon, Kerala, India{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}

| nationality = Indian

| citizenship = India

| education = Master's

• B.L

| alma_mater = University College, Thiruvananthapuram

• N S S College, Pandalam

| occupation = Lawyer, Politician, Writer

| title = Lawyer

| notable_works = Adiyantharavasthayile Ente Jail Diary, Vayalinte Geetham

| spouse = Indira Devi

| parents = Narayanan Unnithan, Kunjukochitti Amma

}}

Ramachandran Unnithan; born 21 January 1936), popularly known as R. C. Unnithan or simply R.C., was a Malayalam political activist and trade union leader. he was one of the early leaders of the Communist Party of India in the southern districts and eastern plantations of Kerala, India.

He contested on CPI(M) party tickets for the state legislative election in 1965 from Adoor constituency and from the nearby Konni constituency in 1970 and 1977.[http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/konni.html] Assembly Election in Kerala He was a political prisoner at the state prison along with several leading opposition leaders who were imprisoned in Kerala and elsewhere all across India during the Emergency regime when fundamental democratic rights were curtailed for twenty-one months between 1975 and 1977.

He published several books and articles.{{Cite web|title = Literary works of R C Unnithan|url = https://sites.google.com/site/literaryworksofrcunnithan/|website = sites.google.com|accessdate = 2015-09-17}} Notable among them was a personal/political diary{{Cite web|title = – My Jail Diary During Emergency Years (Adiyanthiravasthayile Ente jail Diary) |url = https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxX_ufNd7A9ldEg0bTAyN19qaE0/view |website = sites.google.com|accessdate = 2015-09-17}} penned while being imprisoned during emergency years.