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E. M. S. Namboodiripad

1909 - 1998

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Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad (13 June 1909 – 19 March 1998), popularly known as 'E.M.S. Namboodiripad' or simply by his initials 'E. M. S.', was an Indian communist politician and theorist, who served as the first Chief Minister of Kerala in 1957–1959 and then again in 1967–1969. As a member of the Communist Party of India (CPI), he became the first non-Congress Chief Minister in the Indian republic. In 1964, he led a faction of the CPI that broke away to form the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). As chief minister, EMS pioneered radical land and educational reforms in Kerala, which helped it become the country's leader in social indicators. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. E. M. S. Namboodiripad is the 17,169th most popular politician (down from 16,627th in 2019), the 920th most popular biography from India (down from 827th in 2019) and the 232nd most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, E. M. S. Namboodiripad ranks 17,169 out of 19,576. Before him are Ingrid Wendl, Buddy MacKay, Doris Bures, Guo Jinlong, Elisabeta Lipă, and Baburam Bhattarai. After him are Charles J. Folger, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, Irfaan Ali, Theodric of Bernicia, Gergely Karácsony, and Sorin Grindeanu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, E. M. S. Namboodiripad ranks 397. Before him are Sam Balter, Frank Henry, Frank Albertson, Karen Morley, Alan Curtis, and Evelyne Hall. After him are Vladimir Barmin, Richard Maibaum, Robert Helpmann, Guillermo Douglas, William Penney, Baron Penney, and Ruby Keeler. Among people deceased in 1998, E. M. S. Namboodiripad ranks 302. Before him are Boris Tatushin, Charles Korvin, Dan Osman, Tommy Flowers, Sam Balter, and Daniel Massey. After him are Valerie Hobson, Rudy Dhaenens, Hammond Innes, Gennady Yevryuzhikhin, Justin Fashanu, and John Hunt, Baron Hunt.

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In India

Among people born in India, E. M. S. Namboodiripad ranks 920 out of 1,861. Before him are Krishan Kant (1927), Sushil Kumar (1983), Ruskin Bond (1934), Begum Akhtar (1914), Jyoti Amge (1993), and Romila Thapar (1931). After him are Bhumi Pednekar (1989), Mah Laqa Bai (1768), Neetu Singh (1958), Yashwant Sinha (1937), Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (1941), and Vikram Seth (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, E. M. S. Namboodiripad ranks 232. Before him are George Fernandes (1930), Anandiben Patel (1941), Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905), V. K. Krishna Menon (1896), Adolf Lu Hitler Marak (1958), and Krishan Kant (1927). After him are Yashwant Sinha (1937), Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (1941), Subramanian Swamy (1939), Amit Shah (1964), Sumitra Mahajan (1943), and Arvind Kejriwal (1968).

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