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B. V. Kakkilaya
B. V. Kakkilaya
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 3 April 1952 – 2 April 1954
Constituency	Madras State
Member of Mysore Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1978–1983
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	A. Rukmayya Poojary
Constituency	Vittal
	In office; 1972–1977
Preceded by	K. L. Rai
Succeeded by	B. A. Mohiddin
Constituency	Bantval
Personal details
Born	Bevinje Vishnu Kakkilaya; 11 April 1919; Bevinje, South Canara, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	4 June 2012 (aged 93); Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Political party	Communist Party of India
Other political; affiliations	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse	Ahalya (m. 1964; died 1998)
Children	4
Occupation	Political activist; writer;

Bevinje Vishnu Kakkilaya (11 April 1919 – 4 June 2012) was an Indian independence activist, writer and a senior leader of the Communist Party of India.^[2] Following India's independence, he served as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper House of the Parliament of India, and as member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

Kakkilaya fought for the rights of laborers and workers. He was jailed during the British rule of India for his struggle against the oppression of poor people. Even after India was made independent from Britain on August 15, 1947, he continued his fight for the rights of poor people in society. He was at the forefront of organising Beedi workers to get them benefits as per law and also improve their working conditions. He also highlighted the plight of Mangalore tile workers and agricultural labourers working in cardamom, coffee estates, and plantations. B.V. Kakkilaya fought for the unification of Kannada-speaking areas into Karnataka state. Even though Kasargod was taluk in erstwhile South Kanara district during British rule, it was left out of Karnataka state and added to Kerala state in 1956 during the reorganisation of states in independent India. He worked as the general secretary of Akhanda Karnataka Rajya Nirmana Parishat.^[3]

Biography

Kakkilaya was born on 11 April 1919 in Bevinje, a village in Kasargod district of the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India (now in Kerala). He completed his schooling in Kasaragod's Basel Mission Higher Secondary School and the District Board High School. While in St. Aloysius College, Mangalore, where he pursued his intermediate course, he was attracted to the independence movement and was exposed to the Communist ideology. He also secured a degree in chemistry there in 1942.^[1]

In 1940, Kakkilaya became a member of the Communist Party of India (CPI), and between 1941 and 1942, he served as secretary of the Mangalore unit of the All India Students' Federation, the students' wing of the CPI. Despite the ideological opposition of the party towards the Quit India Movement, Kakkilaya participated in it, and was imprisoned in September 1942, on charges of possession of banned literature. He was kept in detention in the Mangalore sub-jail for a period of nine months. Upon return, Kakkilaya became a full-time activist with the CPI against the wishes of his family.^[1]

Political career

Member of the Rajya Sabha from Madras Assembly between 1952 and 1954.^[4]
MLA Bantwal from 1972 to 1978 and Vittal constituency from 1978 to 1983.^[5]

As a writer

Some of his works are on

Communism
Bhoomi mathu akasha ^[6]
Maanavana Nadige Vijnanadedege
Karl Marx: Baduku, baraha
Bharathiya Chinthane, Hindu dharma, Communism
Bharathada muslimarau, a translation of Sacchar committee report and others.^[7]
Iravu Mattu Arivu
Pracheena Bharathadalli Bhouthikavada
Bhaarateeya Darshanagalu
Puran Chandra Joshi - Communist Chaluvaliya Roovari
Pracheena Bharatadalli Jatigala Ugama
Bharatakkondu Badalu Dari^[8]