K P Unnikrishnan, former Union minister and seven-term Vadakara MP, died at 89.

Exam-focused facts from the 3 March 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

K P Unnikrishnan died in Kozhikode at the age of 89.
He represented Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency for seven consecutive terms from 1971 to 1996.
He served as Union minister for Surface Transport, Shipping and Telecommunications in the V P Singh government between 1989 and 1990.
He was among the first to raise the Bofors issue in Parliament during Rajiv Gandhi's tenure.
He began his career as a journalist with Blitz in Mumbai in the early 1950s.
He was a close confidant of Indira Gandhi and managed V K Krishna Menon's 1962 Mumbai Lok Sabha election campaign.
He contested and won Lok Sabha elections in 1971, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1989, and 1991 from Vadakara.
He lost the 1996 Lok Sabha election after rejoining Congress in 1995.