R. Umanath
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Kasaragod, South Canara, Madras Presidency, British India
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
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| Born | 21 December 1921 Kasaragod, South Canara, Madras Presidency, British India |
| Died | 21 May 2014 (aged 92) Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu |
| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Spouse | Pappa Umanath |
| Children | U. Vasuki |
R. Umanath (21 December 1921 – 21 May 2014) was a communist politician from Tamil Nadu, India, and a Politburo member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1998.[1] He was born in 1921 in Kasaragod, Kerala and moved to Madras during his student days.
Born in a poor Brahmin family in Kasaragod, Umanath learnt to play harmonium to accompany his mother who eked out a livelihood as a Bhajan singer. While his family had hoped that Umanath, a student of Annamalai University, would land in a good job, he disappointed them by quitting his studies to become a full-time member of the Communist party.[2]
He joined the Communist Party of India in 1939 while studying at the Annamalai University in Tamil Nadu. He left his studies to become a whole-timer of the Party.
Umanath was arrested along with P. Ramamurthi in 1940 in connection with the Madras Conspiracy Case, and jailed for three years. He spent nine and a half years in jail, and another seven years underground.[3]
