K. R. Gouri Amma

K. R. Gouri
Gouri Amma
K. R. Gouri
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly
In office
1952–1953
ConstituencyCherthala
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly
In office
1954–1956
RajpramukhChithira Thirunal Balarama Varma
ConstituencyCherthala
1st Revenue Minister of Kerala
In office
5 April 1957 – 31 July 1959
GovernorBurgula Ramakrishna Rao
Succeeded byK. Chandrasekharan
ConstituencyCherthala
Minister for Revenue, Food and Civil Supplies
In office
6 March 1967 – 1 November 1969
GovernorV. Viswanathan
Preceded byK. Chandrasekharan
Succeeded byK. T. Jacob
ConstituencyCherthala
Minister for Agriculture and Social Welfare
In office
25 January 1980 – 20 October 1981
GovernorJothi Venkatachalam
ConstituencyAroor
Minister for Industries and Social Welfare
In office
26 March 1987 – 17 June 1991
GovernorP. Ramachandran
Preceded byP. K. Kunhalikutty
Succeeded byE. Ahamed
ConstituencyAroor
Minister for Agriculture
In office
17 May 2001 – 29 August 2004
GovernorSukhdev Singh Kang
Preceded byKrishnan Kaniyamparambil
ConstituencyAroor
Minister for Agriculture
In office
31 August 2004 – 12 May 2006
GovernorR. L. Bhatia
Succeeded byMullakkara Retnakaran
ConstituencyAroor
General Secretary of
Janadhipathya Samrakshana Samithi
In office
30 March 1994 – 31 January 2021
Personal details
Born
Kalathilparambil Raman Gouri

(1919-07-14)14 July 1919[1][2]
Pattanakkad, (near Cherthala), Travancore, British India
(now Kerala, India)
Died11 May 2021(2021-05-11) (aged 101)[3]
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Political partyJSS
Other political
affiliations
CPI (1948–1964)
CPI(M) (1964–1994)
SpouseT. V. Thomas (estranged)
RelativesSusheela Gopalan
Alma materMaharaja's College, Ernakulam
St. Teresa's College, Ernakulam
Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram
AwardsKerala Sahitya Academy Award
Signature
WebsiteGovernment of Kerala
NicknameGouri Amma

K. R. Gouri (14 July 1919 – 11 May 2021[4]), born Kalathilparambil Raman Gouri, commonly known as Gouri Amma, was an Indian politician from Alappuzha in central Kerala.[4] She was one of the most prominent leaders of the Left movement in India.[4]

Born near Cherthala, K. R. Gouri studied at Maharaja's College and Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram.[4] Refusing an offer from the Government of Travancore to be appointed a magistrate, she joined the Communist Party in 1948.[4] She was elected to Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly in 1952 and 1954.[4][5] She served as the Land Revenue or Social Welfare minister in the 1957, 1967 (Namboodiripad), 1980 and 1987 (Nayanar) Kerala ministries.[4] As the Revenue Minister in the first Kerala ministry, she famously piloted the Kerala Agrarian Relations Bill.[4][6]

K. R. Gouri was expelled from Communist Party of India Marxist in 1994, and subsequently became a minister in the Congress-led Kerala Cabinet from 2001 to 2006.[6][4]

  1. ^ "K. R. Gouri Amma". Kerala Legislative Assembly. Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021.
  2. ^ "J S S Leader K. R. Gouri Amma, 102, No More". Mathrubhumi. 11 May 2021.
  3. ^ Radhakrishnan, S. Anil (11 May 2021). "Veteran Communist Leader K. R. Gouri Amma No More". The Hindu.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Krishnakumar, R. (4 July 2021). "K. R. Gouri Amma: Death of a Red Star". Frontline. The Hindu.
  5. ^ Premkumar, Siddharth (9 July 2020). "Gowri Amma: The Best C M Kerala Never Had". Outlook Magazine.
  6. ^ a b Krishnakumar, R. (2008). "The Pioneers: K.R. Gouri Amma". Frontline Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011.