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Kannoth Karunakaran (5 July 1918 – 23 December 2010) was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Kerala in 1977, from 1981 to March 1982, from May 1982 to 1987 and from 1991 to 1995. He is the founder of the Indian National Congress (INC)-led United Democratic Front (UDF) coalition, which governed the state in the periods of 1982-87, 1991-96, 2001-06 and 2011-16; and currently is the main opposition in Kerala since 2016. He has also served as the Union Minister of Industry ...
Dec 23, 2010 · Karunakaran and A. K. Antony-- now the Defence Minister and a former chief minister--were dubbed the political Tom-and-Jerry equivalents who ran each other in circles for over two decades, to the consternation of the state. Karunakaran has been the Chief Minister of Kerala four times but completed his full five-year term only once from 1982 to 1987. All the four state ministries under him were however tainted with allegations of nepotism and corruption.
Dec 23, 2010 · Karunakaran and A K Antony-- now the Defence Minister and a former chief minister--were dubbed the political Tom-and-Jerry equivalents who ran each other in circles for over two decades, to the ...
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Dec 23, 2020 · K Karunakaran’s forays into national politics were not always as successful. This included one brief term as Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, which meant I was able to enjoy the privilege of referring to him as a predecessor. He was kind enough, thanks to the goodwill of National Security Adviser M .K. Narayanan who introduced me to him, to mentor some of my first steps into Kerala politics in 2008-9. ...
May 16, 2012 · The doctors in Thiruvananthapuram who saw Karunakaran fighting adversities and getting back to normal life will be the last set of persons who underline the fact that he was a born leader.
Veteran Congress leader and a four-time Kerala chief minister K Karunakaran, who rose from humble origins to straddle the state politics for over five decades, died today after prolonged illness.
Dec 23, 2010 · Former Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Kerala K. Karunakaran passed away at 5.30 pm. on Thursday. He was 92. Mr. Karunakaran was under treatment at a private hospital here for the past ...
Dec 23, 2010 · His son K Muraleedharan and daughter Padmaja Venugopal were present at the hospital. Karunakaran, who also served as Union Industry Minister for a brief one year in 1995, was considered as one of ...
Dec 23, 2010 · Thiruvananthapuram: An era in Kerala politics came to an end this evening, at the state's capital city, when former chief minister and Congress veteran K Karunakaran, a colossus in the Congress ...
