Azhikodan Raghavan was a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)).

In June 1951, he was chosen to be the member of the Malabar Committee of the Communist party and re-elected to the post.

[2][5] It is believed that fake news spread in Thrissur may have led to the murder of Azhikodan.

[5] He was cremated in the public graveyard of Payyambalam beach, Kannur district, Kerala, where a column has been erected in his memory.

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