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6 unusual facts about R. Sankar


R. Sankar

He was born in an Ezhava family to Raman and Kunjaliamma on April 30, 1909 in Kuzhikkalidavaka village in Puthoor, Kottarakkara.

He thus took back from active politics and concentrated in starting and implementing Educational Institutuions for SNDP yogam by settling back in Kollam.

Though Congress gained majority of seats in the Elections of 1960 to the Kerala Legislative Assembly, Pattom Thanupillai of the Praja Socialist Party was given the Chief Ministership (CM) and Sankar became the Deputy Chief Minister in the Pattom Thanupillai ministry.

Sankar returned to the Congress and was elected to the Travancore State Assembly in 1948.

Sree Narayana Trust

Under such circumstances, under the leadership of R. Sankar, a former chief minister of Kerala, the Sree Narayana Trust was started.

T. K. Madhava Memorial College

R. Sankar, former Chief Minister of Kerala and the Founder Manager of Sree Narayana Colleges, formally inaugurated the college on July 4, 1964.



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