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Padmanabhan Palpu (2 November 1863 – 25 January 1950) was a physician from the Kingdom of Travancore who served as a chief medical officer of Mysore State. He led social activism for the Ezhava community in Kerala and a led a movement for social equality.
Padmanabhan Palpu, better known as Dr. Palpu, started working towards ensuring the rights of the then identified backward communities. With the 1891 Malayali Memorial Revolt, he took the leadership of the then oppressed community named Ezhava, and attempted to begin an organization called Ezhava Sabha.
In May 1895 Dr Palpu himself submitted a petition to Diwan Shankarasubbayar in his own capacity. When the discussion with the Diwan did not yield any results, under his leadership, in September 1896, a petition signed by 13176 members of the Ezhava community was submitted to the King, which came to be known as the Ezhava Memorial. [6]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Indian spiritual leader and social reformer (1856–1928) For the 1986 Indian Malayalam film, see Sree Narayana Guru (film). Sree Narayana Guru Personal life Born (1856-08-20) 20 August 1856 Chempazhanthy, Kingdom of Travancore (present-day Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India ...
An early Ezhava campaigner and their "political father", according to Ritty Lukose, was Padmanabhan Palpu. [45] In 1896, he organised a petition of 13,176 signatories that was submitted to the Maharajah of the princely state of Travancore, asking for government recognition of the Ezhavas' right to work in public administration and to have ...
The college is named after Dr. Padmanabhan Palpu, a social reformer inspired by the teachings of Sree Narayana Guru. It aims to providing quality education without discrimination of any sort — caste, creed or social standing — and to bring education to the remote village of Pangode. The college has laboratories, a library, a girls' hostel ...
The Ezhava are a prominent community in Kerala making up approximately 25% of the state's population. The following is a list of notable members of the Ezhava community.
Padmanabhan Palpu (1963–1950), a bacteriologist and social revolutionary; Padmanabhan Sivadas, an Indian cricketer; Sundararajan Padmanabhan, the former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army; Thanu Padmanabhan (1957–2021), an Indian theoretical physicist; Thinakkal Padmanabhan, a short story writer