P. Jeevanandham

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P. Jeevanandham
Jeevanandham on a 2010 stamp of India
Born	Sorimuthu 21 August 1907 Boothapandi, Kingdom of Travancore, British India (now part of Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	18 January 1963(1963-01-18) (aged 55) Madras, Madras State (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India
Alma mater	Government School, Boothapandi, Kanyakumari district
Known for	Communist Leader and Social Reformer
Political party	Communist party of India

P. Jeevanandham (21 August 1907 – 18 January 1963) also called Jeeva, was a social reformer, political leader, litterateur and one of the pioneers of the Communist and socialist movements in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.^[1]

He was not only a socio-political leader, but was also a cultural theoretician, an excellent orator, journalist and critic; and above all, a relentless fighter for the deprived. A down-to-earth person with a clean record in public life, Jeevanandham was held in high esteem by ordinary people.