# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/e-balanandan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:58:40.829Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/e-balanandan"
name: "E. Balanandan"
slug: "e-balanandan"
description: "E. Balanandan was an Indian politician and a trade union leader from the Kerala State of India. He had been a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)'s politburo since 1978. Born in Sakthikulangara, Kollam district, he was the son of Kunjiraman Channar and Unnikaali Easwari. His wife Sarojini Balanandan was a former CPI(M) State Committee member."
tagline: "Indian politician (1924–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/E_balanandan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1924-06-16"
deathDate: "2009-01-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.406192
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Balanandan"
    title: "E. Balanandan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ഇ. ബാലാനന്ദൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%88._%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "ई. बालानंदन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Balanandan"
    title: "E. Balanandan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "இ. பாலநந்தன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3595604"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump