The mortal remains of veteran CPI leader R. Nallakannu will be donated to the Chennai Medical College Hospital on Thursday, in accordance with his long-expressed wish to support medical education.
Affectionately called RKN and among the last of the freedom fighters, he was 101 and is survived by a daughter.
He doesn’t sport a moustache though it is the norm for men in Tamil Nadu. For Communist party of India (CPI) veteran R Nallakannu, it is not because of any aversion but due to the torture in prison on being arrested in the Tirunelveli Conspiracy case foisted against CPI leaders in 1949.
