P. R. Francis

P. R. Francis
1957, 1960, 1970 and 1977
In office 5 years
Succeeded by	A.M. Paraman, Raghavan Pozhakadavil
Constituency	Ollur Assembly Constituency
Personal details
Born	1924 Ollur, Thrissur, Kerala
Died	May 10, 2002 Kochi
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Achayi Francis
Children	1 Son, 1 Daughter
Residence	Ollur
Religion	Hindu

P. R. Francis (1924 – 10 May 2002) was an Indian National Congress politician and a Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) leader from Thrissur and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ollur Assembly Constituency to Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1957, 1960, 1970 and 1977. He has orgainsed workers of tile factories, plantation units, headload workers etc. in Thrissur and Ollur through Indian National Trade Union Congress. He has also participated in Quit India Movement.^[1][2]

P R Francis Memorial Award, an award instituted in memory of P.R. Francis for the best social worker by P.R. Francis Smaraka Samithi. The award is presented at Ollur Town Hall and includes a cash prize of Rs 11,111 and memento.^[3][4][5][6]

Award winners

• 2003: P. Balan
• 2004: Aryadan Muhammed and Yesudasan
• 2005: V. M. Sudheeran
• 2006: G. Karthikeyan
• 2007: Dr P V Krishnan Nair
• 2008:
• 2009: K. M. Mani
• 2010: K. Sudhakaran
• 2011: Ramesh Chennithala

References

1. ^ "P. R. Francis". Kerala Legislature. http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m155.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-21. 
2. ^ "List of MLA". Kerala Government. http://www.firstministry.kerala.gov.in/mla_list.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-21. 
3. ^ "Award for Karthikeyan". The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/18/stories/2006081804520500.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-21. 
4. ^ "P. R. Francis is dead". The Hindu. http://frontlineonline.info/thehindu/2002/05/11/stories/2002051102510400.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-21. 
5. ^ "Dr P V Krishnan Nair gets P R Francis Memorial Award". News Oneindia. http://news.oneindia.in/2007/05/04/dr-p-v-krishnan-nair-gets-p-r-francis-memorial-award-1178289759.html. Retrieved 2011-09-21. 
6. ^ "Karunakaran laments 'politics of neglect'". The Hindu. http://hindu.com/2003/05/15/stories/2003051504860300.htm. Retrieved 2011-09-21. 

Persondata
Name	Francis, P. R.
Alternative names
Short description	Indian politician
Date of birth	1924
Place of birth	Ollur, Thrissur, Kerala
Date of death	May 10, 2002
Place of death	Kochi