Veliyam Bharghavan
Birth nameKrishnan Bharghavan
OfficeSecretary of the Communist Party of India Kerala State Council
Term start1998
Term end2010
PredecessorP. K. Vasudevan Nair
SuccessorC. K. Chandrappan
Office 1Member of legislative assembly
Term start 11960
Term end 11964
Term start 21957
Term end 21959
Constituency 2Chadayamangalam
Predecessor 2Established
Successor 2D. D. Potti
Birth date5 May 1928
Birth placeVeliyam, Kottarakkara Taluk, Kollam, Kerala
Death date18 September 2013 (aged 85)
Death placeThiruvananthapuram
PartyCommunist Party of India
Alma materSchooling at Sanskrit school Velyam, and English School Kottarakkara, SN College
SpouseSuneethi

Veliyam Bharghavan (May 1928 – 18 September 2013) was a Communist leader from Kerala, India.[1] He was the state Secretary of Communist Party of India (CPI) from 1998 to 2010. In 2010 he retired from that position due to his health issues. He hails from Veliyam village of Kollam district. He was an advocate of a merger between CPI and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).[2][3][4] He was a member of the first Legislative Assembly of Kerala, winning the 1957 and 1960(interim) assembly elections from the Chadayamangalam Constituency.[5][6] He died on 18 September 2013 aged 85 due to respiratory and cardiac problems.[1]

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  1. ^ Sreejan, B (18 September 2013). "Veteran CPI leader Veliyam Bhargavan passes away". The Times of India. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
  2. ^ Nair, C. Gouridasan (26 December 2005). "Subjective factors hampering unity among Left parties". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 February 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Veliyam Bharghavan gets industry-wise". The Indian Express. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2010.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Bhargavan is CPI Kerala chief". The Financial Express. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  5. ^ "Elections to the First Kerala Assembly 1957". Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  6. ^ "Preserve independence of Legislature". The Hindu. 28 April 2007. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.