Post-independence and Cold War Contemporary history Veliyam Bharghavan (Malayalam: വെളിയം ഭാർഗവൻ‎; May 1928 – 18 September 2013) was a Communist leader from the Kerala, India.

[1] He was the state Secretary of Communist Party of India (CPI) from 1998 to 2010.

He was an advocate of a merger between CPI and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).

[5][6] He died on 18 September 2013 aged 85 due to respiratory and cardiac problems.

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