He became a communist party member in 1940 when he was 18, joined CPI(M) when the party splitWhen the Communist Party was banned in India in 1948, N. Sankaraiah, then 26, went underground. “As his condition became unbearable, the party secretly shifted him to Chennai for treatment,” recalled S. Narasimhan, son of Mr. Sankaraiah, who turns 100 on July 15. Student leaderMr. Sankaraiah became a communist party member in 1940 when he was 18. “The national movement for freedom was at its zenith, and only the Communist Party championed complete independence. “Today, Mr. Sankaraiah and V.S.

Source: The Hindu July 14, 2021 19:28 UTC