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Nettur P Damodaran (14 May 1913, Tellicherry, India – 11 October 1978, New Delhi, India) was a member of the 1st Lok Sabha of India (1952) from the constituency of Tellicherry, which was part of the erstwhile Madras state. He represented the now defunct Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party.〔(List of members from Madras State )〕 He was elected to the Lok Sabha with 42.61% of the electorate voting in his favour.〔(Election commission of India-Analysis of 1st Lok Sabha )〕 Nettur P, as he was popularly known, had established his own image as a good Parliamentarian, journalist, philanthropist, reformer and writer. He graduated in Physics from Madras Christian College and it was here that his public life started when he was elected as the first elected Student Union Chairman of the College council in 1935.〔 Damodaran had for a brief period worked as a journalist, first in ''The Free Press Journal'' and later for ''Mathrubhumi'' in Mumbai as correspondent. He was also editor of 'Dinaprabha', a Malayalam daily published from Kozhikode in early 1960s. From 1963–66, he held senior position in the Home ministry, Government of India, as Officer on Special Duty for the welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled tribes, which gave him opportunity to travel extensively all over India. His experiences during these travels gave enough material for his literary incursion in the form of travelogues. In 1967, he was appointed as the Chairman of Backward class reservation commission by the Left Democratic Front Government headed by E M S Namboodiripad. He served as chairman until the report was finalised in 1970. The report, known as Nettur Commission report stirred many a political battles in Kerala.〔〔(Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation. C. Hurst & Co Publishers Retrieved on 2007-09-04 )〕 He was conferred with the honorary ''Thamrapathra'' on the Silver Jubilee of Indian Independence by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in recognition of his work towards the independence struggle. == Early years and the freedom struggle== Damodaran was born to K. P. Kunhikannan and Smt. Thalu in a small hamlet called Nettur in the present day Tellicherry municipality. He did his early schooling from Mannayad school and Middle school, Illicoon in Nettur which was established by the legendary visionary and philanthropist Hermann Gundert. He later on attended Basel Evangelical Mission Parsi High School (BEMP), Tellicherry and Brennen College respectively. After graduating in Physics from Madras Christian College, he joined the Indian freedom movement from the Malabar region. He played a pivotal role in the Quit India Movement during 1942 from Tellicherry,〔 organising rallies and public events to that effect, often giving the police a slip. During one such event, he was arrested by the authorities. This created an uproar in Tellicherry already reeling in high national spirits. He was tried and sentenced to two years in Prison. He was held as a ''political détenu'' in Alipur Central jail, Bellary from 1942–44.〔 After finishing his jail-term, he resumed his fight for India's freedom till Independence was achieved in the year 1947. Damodaran's political life gave way to administrative career for a short spell, when he was unexpectedly chosen by Andhra Kesari T. Prakasam, then Chief Minister of Madras State, as one of the first two 'Firka' (now known as Block) development officers as part of an all India experimentation on Firka development model.〔(Damodaran's Biodata on Lok Sabha Portal )〕 He resigned from his official position in 1952 to embark on Parliamentary career by contesting the first general election of independent India from Tellicherry constituency, and winning with a thumping majority. During his tenure in the Lok Sabha (1956), he was part of a Parliamentary delegation to China when Prime Minister Zhou Enlai was in power. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nettur P. Damodaran」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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