Mandakini Narayanan

Mandakini Narayanan (died 16 December 2006), popularly known as Ma, was an Indian Naxalite leader in Kerala.

Life edit

Born in Gujarat, she married the late Naxal leader Kunnikkal Narayanan. She herself was one of the front-runners of the Naxalite movement in Kerala, a prominent state in India.^{[citation needed]}

Mandakini was born to a Gujarati couple, Navin Chandra Osa and Urvashi Osa. She worked with the undivided Communist Party while studying in Mumbai.^{[citation needed]}

Mandakini, along with her husband and daughter, led several agitations waged by Naxalites in Kerala. She was arrested and sent to jail in the Pulpally and Thalassery police stations attack cases, which resulted in death of two police officials. She received a sentence of two and a half years during the emergency and was subjected to severe police excesses.^{[citation needed]}

Mandakini died on 16 December 2006, at the age of 82.^{[citation needed]}

Mandakini was survived by her daughter K. Ajitha, Naxalite turned human rights activist and social reformer. Ajitha now champions the cause of women-rights and fights against social evils and corruption through an organization named ANWESHI.^{[citation needed]}

External links edit

Bablu, J.S. (23 December 2006). "A revolutionary to the core". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.
Naxalite pioneer Mandakini Narayanan dies, Hindustan Times (from Press Trust of India, 16 December 2006)
In memory of Com. Mandakini Narayanan, press statement by CPI(ML), 17 December 2006