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The Guruvayur Satyagraha was led by K. Kelappan, who undertook a hunger strike for 12 days until it was abandoned because of a request from Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress. [1] Gandhi hailed it as "the miracle of modern times" and "a smriti which is peoples charter of spiritual emancipation".
Along with K. Kumar, he became the earliest in Kerala to remove the suffix to his name that implied caste-status. [8] He was called Kerala Gandhi. [6] Kelappan labored incessantly for the equality of all sections of the people. He was a major influence on the Vaikom Satyagraha movement and later led the Guruvayur Satyagraha in 1932.
During the period Mahatma Gandhi invoked the youth to join the freedom struggle. Mammen was inspired by this, and began working among the people of Thiruvalla and Kottayam . He was the candidate for the newly formed Praja Socialist Party in the 1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election and ended up coming second by 500 votes.
3 January - CBI Special Court Kochi awards Life imprisonment to Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers involved in Periya twin murder of Youth Congress workers. [1] [2]8 January - Controversial business man Boby Chemmannur arrested by Kerala Police following Sexual harassment complaint of Honey Rose.
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee is the state unit of the Indian National Congress in Kerala. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections.
The Indira Gandhi Boat Race takes place as a very colorful water sports-cum-festival held every year. It is held in the backwaters of Cochin city of Kerala during the last week of December. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is popular all over Kerala and various boat race competitions like Nehru Trophy Boat Race , Champakulam Moolam Boat Race , Aranmula Utharatti ...
A local news channel called "City channel" that covers local events and news from Kanhangad and nearby places is operating from Kanhangad. It also has news bureaus of major Malayalam news papers namely Mathrubhumi and Malayala Manorama operating from the city and also channels like Kasargod vision, a unit of Kerala Vision. There are also local ...
Keralotsavam is the national Youth Festival of Kerala. It is coordinated by Kerala State Youth Welfare Board. It is coordinated by Kerala State Youth Welfare Board. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The event Organised by Government of Kerala mostly starts by November and ends generally around December.