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KR Gouri Amma - veteran of many electoral battles finally bowed out of race

May 11, 2021

KR Gouri Amma - veteran of many electoral battles finally bowed out of race

The first thing Gouri Amma recalls about her first election, back in 1948, is one of shock and reluctance.

May 11, 2021
How a young IAS officer felt both Gouri Amma's warmth and wrath

As a cub IAS officer, D Babu Paul, had realised two things about Gouri. One, she protected bold honest officers, even when her party's interests were hurt. Two, even her wrath was edged with motherly warmth.
May 11, 2021
Veteran Communist leader and former Kerala minister KR Gouri Amma laid to rest

KR Gouri Amma had recently stepped down from the state general secretary post of the Janadhipathya Samrakshana Samithi (JSS).
May 11, 2021
KR Gouri Amma's 2019 interview: 'AKG liked me, Changampuzha proposed'

The veteran communist opens up about her association with T V Thomas, A K Gopalan and Changampuzha Krishna Pillai and her unpublished autobiography.
May 11, 2021
Lasting legacies of Gouri Amma and MVR include tech park, medical college

Both of them started out as hardcore revolutionaries and became stalwarts of the communist party before finding themselves out of the party and eventually drifting to the rival camp around the same time.
May 11, 2021
KR Gouri Amma (1919-2021), an unwavering comrade of the masses

When Travancore was merged with Kochi to form Thiru-Kochi, she was elected to the new state's assembly from Thuravoor in 1951.
May 11, 2021
Tribute: The lesser-known facets of KR Gouri Amma's eventful life

K R Gouri Amma was affectionately called 'Kunjamma' in Alappuzha's Aroor area. The revolutionary leader from Alappuzha had a softer side that might have come as a surprise to many people.

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