Chennai, Feb. 25 -- Veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) Leader and cetenarian R Nallakannu, who was one of the Founding members of the Communist movement in India, passed away on Wednesday afternoon.
A highly respected leader and freedom fighter, Comrade Nallakannu, who had devoted his entire life for the welfare and rights of the labour force and farmers and was jailed on a number of occasions, was 101.
He was survived by his daughter.
His is the last surviving leader who had founded the Communist movement in India.
Mr Nallakannu had been suffering from old age related ailments for the last few months and was in and out of hospital.
He was admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (RGGGH) on February one due to breat...