Question
Download Solution PDFThe 'Kochi Pulaya Maha Sabha’ was founded in 1913 under whose leadership ?
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Download Solution PDFThe Correct answer is K. P Karuppan.
Key Points
- K. P Karuppan:
- Poet, Social reformer who hailed from Kerala.
- Born on May 24,1885 at Cheranalloor.
- Popularly known as Pandit Karuppan.
- He was also called as Lincoln of Kerala.
- He was best known for the movements for the upliftment of socio-economic backward communities.
- He was considered as the first human rights activist of Cochin state.
- He Founded Kochi Pulaya Maha Jana Sabha in 1913
- Famous Book: Jathikummi.
- Died on March 23, 1938.
Additional Information
- Kochi Pulaya Maha Jana Sabha:
- One of the civil disobedience movements founded by Kallachamuri Krishnaadi Asan, along with Pandit Karuppan and TK Krishna Menon
- Founded on 1913.
- Aim: Defied restriction of movement for the depressed classes.
- First President: K P Karuppan.
- Organization found an ingenious way to defy the king’s order that proclaimed that no Dalit group could have a meeting in his land — they held their meeting on a row of catamarans anchored to an iron pole in the middle of the Vembanad lake.
- Historic Kayal Sammelanam (Meeting on the Backwaters) was held at Vembanad lake on the basis of Kochi Pulaya Maha Jana Sabha.
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