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P. C. Sanal Kumar

Indian satirist (1949-2014)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 27, 2025
Entity authorityQ7117162 ↗
Source-derived summary

P. C. Sanal Kumar (19 June 1949 – 8 November 2014) was an Indian satirist who wrote in Malayalam. He won the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award in 2004.

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The public source identifies “P. C. Sanal Kumar” as indian satirist (1949-2014). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sanal, Kumar and Indian.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1949, 2014, 2004—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1949-06-19. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sanal, Kumar and Indian providing the first useful test.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 27, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7117162. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1949, 2014 and 2004.

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This entry incorporates text from “P. C. Sanal Kumar” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.