| M. P. Veerendra Kumar | |
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| FORMER M.P. | |
| Constituency | Calicut |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1937 Wayanad, Kerala |
| Political party | Socialist Janata (Democratic) |
| Spouse(s) | Usha Veerendra Kumar |
| Children | 1 son and 3 daughters |
| Residence | Wayanad |
| Religion | Jain |
| As of September 23, 2006 Source: [1] |
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M. P. Veerendra Kumar (Malayalam:എം.പി. വീരേന്ദ്രകുമാര് Kannada:ಎಮ್ .ಪಿ. ವೀರೇಂದ್ರ ಕುಮಾರ) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He is a member of the Socialist Janata (Democratic) political party and the president of Kerala state unit of the party. He is also the chairman and Managing editor of the Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi. He is a prominent writer in Malayalam, won Kendra Sahitya Akademi Awardin 2010 for his travelogue Haimavatha Bhoovil. He is the father of M.V. Shreyams Kumar MLA.
Born to Smt. Marudevi Avva and Sri. Padmaprabha Gowder on 22 July 1936, after schooling in Kalpetta and at Calicut, he did his Masters in Philosophy from Vivekananda College, Madras. An active politician he was the treasurer and national committee member of the former Samyukta Socialist Party ,state secretary of the Kerala Unit of the Socialist Party, one of the all India Secretaries of the former Socialist Party, Convener of the Opposition Co-ordination Committee in Kerala, Vice President of the former Janata Party, and its President. He was arrested during the emergency. Currently, he is the President of Socialist Janata (Democratic) Party, a constituent of the United Democratic Front in Kerala . During 1987-91 he was elected member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Later 1996 he was elected to the lower house of the Indian parliament from Kozhikode constituency and functioned as Minister of state for Labour and later Finance.
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He took charge as the Managing Director of the Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Company Ltd., Calicut in 1979. With twelve editions and 9 periodicals, Mathrubhumi is one the largest news houses in the country.
He is the author of about a dozen titles in Malayalam. One of his works 'Ramante Dukham' has gone into 18 re-prints. 'Amazonum Kure Vyakulathakalum' has won the Sahitya Academy Award. His recent work Hymavatha bhoovil won many awards including the prestigious Vayalar award.