Communist veteran KR Gowri passes away at 102
Communist veteran KR Gowri passes away at 102
Last Updated: Tue, May 11th, 2021, 12:23:15hrs
Kochi: Kerala s veteran politician and member of the first Communist government headed by E M S Namboodiripad in 1957, K R Gowri Amma died in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday.
She was 102 and had been admitted to a private hospital due to age-related ailments.
She breathed her last at 7 am on Tuesday while undergoing treatment in the ICU, hospital sources said.
Considered to be among the most powerful women leaders in Kerala, Gowri Amma, as she was fondly called, was the lone surviving member of the first Kerala legislative assembly.
Legendary Communist Leader K.R. Gowri Amma Passes Away
Member of the CPI(M), K R Gowri Amma passed away at 102, leaving behind a rich political career.
K.R. Gowri Amma. Credit: Wikicommons
Politics11/May/2021
Thiruvananthapuram:Â Kerala’s veteran politician and member of the first Communist government headed by E.M.S. Namboodiripad in 1957, K.R. Gowri Amma died here on Tuesday.
She was 102 and had been admitted to a private hospital due to age-related ailments.
She breathed her last at 7 am on Tuesday while undergoing treatment in the ICU, hospital sources said.
Considered to be among the most powerful women leaders in Kerala, Gowri Amma, as she was fondly called, was the lone surviving member of the first Kerala legislative assembly.
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Considered to be among the most powerful women leaders in Kerala, Gowri Amma, as she was fondly called, was the lone surviving member of the first Kerala legislative assembly.
PTI
Gowri, the tallest woman politician of the state who never minced words to put her thoughts across, was elected to the Travancore-Cochin legislative assembly in 1952 and 1954.
Legendary Marxist firebrand and former minister K R Gowri, one of the founding leaders of the Communist movement in Kerala and the lone woman member in the state s first cabinet, died at a private hospital here on Tuesday.
She was 102 and had been suffering from various age- related ailments for some time, party sources said.
Remembering Kerala s Iron Lady K R Gowri Amma, the lone woman in the state s first cabinet
She was 102 and had been suffering from various age-related ailments for some time, party sources said. 1 CLAP
K R Gowri, one of the founding leaders of the
Communist movement in Kerala and the lone woman member in the state s first cabinet, died at a private hospital on Tuesday.
She was 102 and had been suffering from various age-related ailments for some time, party sources said.
The chief of Janadhipathya Samrakshana Samithi (JSS), the veteran politician breathed her last at 7 am while undergoing treatment in the ICU, they said.
She was 102 and had been admitted to a private hospital due to age-related ailments.
She breathed her last at 7am on Tuesday while undergoing treatment in the ICU, hospital sources said.
Considered to be among the most powerful women leaders in Kerala, Gowri Amma as she was fondly called was the lone surviving member of the first Kerala legislative assembly.
After being expelled from the CPI(M) in 1994, Gowri floated a new political outfit Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithi (JSS) which became a constituent of the Congress-led UDF in the state.
She was married to the late T V Thomas, who was also her cabinet colleague.