N. E. Balaram

N. E. Balaram
Minister for Industries
In office
4 October 1970 – 24 September 1971
Preceded byP. Ravindran
Succeeded byT. V. Thomas
Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha for Kerala
In office
1985–1994
Secretary of the Communist Party of India, Kerala State Council
In office
1971–1984
Preceded byS. Kumaran
Succeeded byP. K. Vasudevan Nair
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
1970–1977
Preceded byK. P. R. Gopalan
Succeeded byPattiam Gopalan
ConstituencyThalassery
In office
1960–1965
In office
1957–1960
Preceded byEstablished
Succeeded byDemolished
ConstituencyMattanur
Personal details
Born(1919-11-20)20 November 1919
Pinarayi, Kannur, Kerala, India
Died16 July 1994(1994-07-16) (aged 74)
Political partyCommunist Party of India
SpousePankajakshy
Children2 sons, 2 daughters

N.E. Balaram (Njalile Veettil Edavalathu Balaraman) (20 November 1919 – 16 July 1994) was one of the founding leaders of the communist movement in Kerala, India.[1] A Marxist ideologue, scholar in Indian Philosophy and a well known literary critic in Malayalam, he wrote on the history of the communist movement in Kerala, which is considered as the most authentic record of the early period. He also authored several works in history, philosophy, politics, and literature.


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