Overview

• V.S. Achuthanandan died at age 101 on July 21 in Thiruvananthapuram and received a state funeral on July 23 at Valiyachudukadu in Alappuzha.
• Heavy rain did not deter thousands of supporters and party workers who lined the 150-km procession route from the state capital to his burial ground.
• On July 24 the Kerala Cabinet issued formal condolences, describing his life as a symbol of relentless struggle for the protection of democratic values.
• Achuthanandan was one of the last surviving flagbearers of the 1946 Punnapra-Vayalar uprising and served as Leader of the Opposition, Chief Minister (2006–11) and chair of the Administrative Reforms Commission (2016–21).
• With the three-day state mourning concluded, normal political and public activities are resuming under Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s leadership while commemorating his century-long legacy.