Ramanna Rai

Gadigudde Ramanna Rai
Gadigudde Ramanna Rai
Member of the Kasaragod
	In office; 1984–1996
Preceded by	I. Rama Rai
Succeeded by	T. Govindan
Personal details
Born	28 September 1930; Kasaragod Town, Kerala, India
Political party	CPI(M)
Source	Parliament of India

Ramanna Rai Gadigudde (28 September 1930 – 6 October 2009) was an Indian

Kasaragod constituency of Kerala thrice in the 7th Lok Sabha,^[1] 9th Lok Sabha^[2] and 10th Lok Sabha^[3] respectively. He was a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Early life

Rai was born in an affluent

L.L.B.^{[citation needed}

Rai's public life started with his active participation in the movement against the merger of Kasaragod with Kerala in 1956. Later he joined the Communist Party of India (CPI)^[4] and served as the secretary of the Kasaragod local committee of undivided Communist Party from 1960 to 1964. After a division in the Communist party, he identified himself with CPM and served as member of the Kannur district committee of CPM from 1965 to 1986. He served as the president of Kasargod Municipal Council from 1968 to 1979 and got elected to the Lok Sabha from Kasaragod constituency thrice in the year 1980, 1989 and 1991.

Rai died on 6 October 2009.

Hindu rites of the Bunt community to which he belonged.^[6]