KR Gouri Amma, Kerala’s seniormost Communist leader, dies at 101

Kerala's seniormost Communist leader and the member of the first elected government, KR Gouri Amma has passed away at the age of 101 years.

Kerala's seniormost Communist leader and the member of the first elected government, KR Gouri Amma has passed away at the age of 101 years. Gouri Amma was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram for age-related ailments. Gouri Amma was the last surviving member of the first Kerala government. Gouri Amma was the first revenue minister of Kerala in the EMS cabinet of 1957. After the Communist Party split in 1964, she became part of CPI(M). In 1994, she was expelled from CPI(M) following internal rifts.