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"List of Comrades in Jail" — Kerala, 11 January 1943

Communist Party

Scan of document 19h: "List of Comrades in Jail" — Kerala, 11 January 1943, 1943-01-11
Browned paper with punch and insect damage down the left margin; lower right corner stained. Legible throughout.

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Date
1943-01-11
From
Communist Party of India [Kerala organisation], Calicut
To
[Government of India — enclosure to P.C. Joshi's memorandum]
Page
single sheet ("-130-" at head; manuscript "140" at foot)
Document type
Schedule / list (Communist Party of India), enclosure

Signatories

None — this sheet bears no signature.

Marginalia & annotations

Manuscript additions in ink — item 7 and 8 under heading I are handwritten; "and KAYYUR" inserted into heading III; "under-ground (U.G.)" written over a struck-out heading at V. Red archival "19h".

Transcript verbatim

                LIST OF COMRADES IN JAIL

                                        Calicut, 11.1.43

I.   UNDER DETENTION NOT RELEASED

        1.  Com. Chandroth Kunhiraman Nair
        2.  Com. K.Damodaran
        3.  Com. K.P.Gopalan
        4.  Com. K.T.Kunhiraman Nambiar
        5.  Com. E.P.Gopalan
        6.  Com. C.Raghavan Nair
        7.  [ms.] Com. P.S. Namboodiri    8. [ms.] M. Anandan.

II.  SENTENCED TO DEATH

        The four Kayyur comrades

III. CONVICTED

        Morazha, Mattanur [ms. insertion: and KAYYUR] cases (about 75 - life sentence for about 12)

IV.  CONVICTED AFTER AUGUST 9

        Com. C.Kannan - who was a detenu in Vellore jail, escaped and was arrested
in August when he came out openly.

        A. Valluvanad

                Com. N.Sankaran - case proceeding, arrested on nuisance charge.

        B. PONNANI

                1. Com. Imbichi Bava        )
                2. Com. Abdulla Kutty       )  Sentenced for 1 year for prejudicial
                3. Com. Madhavan            )                            speeches
                        Ezhuthassan         )

        C. Kurumbranad

                Com. K.P.Kunhiraman - case pending, arrested when he was about to addres[s]
        a price-control meeting.

        D. Kasaragod

                1. Com. K.Kunhikkannan arrested for obstruction
                2. Com. V.Kunhikkannan Nair arrested for obstruction in Mangalore
                3. Com. K.Krishnan - charged for wire-cutting in Pillicode.

V.   [struck-over word; ms.: under-ground (U.G.)] COMRADES

                 1. Com. A.K.Gopalan        )
                 2. Com. P.Sekharan         )  Escaped from jail
                 3. Com. O.J.Joseph         )
                 4. Com. A.V.Kunhambu       )
                 5. Com. P.Kumaran          )
                 6. Com. Subrahmanya        )  Morazha case
                         Shenoi             )
                 7. Com. C.K.Panikkar       )
                 8. Com. E.K.Nayanar           Kayyur case
                 9. Com. P.K.Madhavan          Telicherry case
                10. Com. M.Kunhappu            Mattanur case

ARGUMENT AGAINST RELEASING DETENUS AND U.G. COMRADES

        If they are released they will organise another September 15th in the present
explosive situation