67^th Death Anniversary of Com. P.Krishna Pillai  on 19^th August 19, 2015

It was on 19^th August 1948, that  Comrade P.Krishna Pillai, the Revolutionary Communist leader, passed  away after   a poisonous snake bite, while in underground.  Though India got independence on15th August 1947 and the political prisoners who fought for freedom for the country were released, many communists were still  in jail. A witch hunt against the Communists was going on by  Congress government, the new rulers.  Com.P.Krishna Pillai, as the foremost leader of the Communist Party in Kerala, was leading the struggle from underground. All the plans of the police to arrest him were in vain. He shifted from one shelter to another shelter with the help of committed workers and Communists.

While he was in a shelter, a small hut, in Mohamma, Alleppey, and he preparing some documents for the party, a very poisonous snake bit him. He was aware that he will not live long. Before collapsing, he wrote as the last words, “ Comrades, Forward”  and passed away. He was only 42.

Com.P.Krishna Pillai was known as “Comrade”.  That one word is sufficient to bring the memory of the great leader who built up the party in Kerala.

On his 67^th Death Anniversary, we pledge to continue the struggle for the emancipation of the toiling masses.