A.K Gopalan

Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan , popularly known as A. K. Gopalan or AKG, was an Indiancommunist leader. A.K.G was a Communist who showed how the avenues of parliamentary democracy could be utilized for advancing the cause of the people. He served as the leader of the second largest party (CPI) with 16 members out of 489 since the first Lok Sabha in 1952.

In 1927 he joined the Indian National Congress and began playing an active role in the Khadi Movement and the upliftment of Harijans. He was arrested for participating in the salt satyagraha in 1930. He died on  22 March 1977 (aged 72) at Trivandrum Medical College, Kerala, India .