K Kelappan: A dedicated freedom fighter and a stalwart social reformer
By: Venniyoor, Ajith
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BookPublisher: Yojana: A Development Monthly Description: 68(8), (Special issue) Aug, 2024: p.37-40.
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Yojana: A Development MonthlySummary: K Kelappan (1889-1971), popularly known as “Kerala Gandhi; was prominent freedom fighter, Gandhian social activist, parliamentarian, administrator, socialist thinker, educationist, editor, and social reformer. He was a strong propend of social reform and equality. His indefatigable efforts in the fight for freedom, reform, a inequality left an indelible impact on Kerala’s history and the larger Indian narrative. He was the first Kerala Stayagrahi to join mahatma Gandhi’s individual Satyagraha movement. He was imprisoned multiple times during the liberation struggle, including the quit India movement. Kelappan was the co-founder and first present of the Nair Sabha, subsequently known as the Nari service society (NSS), which was established in 1914 under the guidance of Mannath Padmanabhan, another well-known social reformer. Kelappan never aspired for power or pistons. His whole life as a sage of selfless service to the nation. – Reproduced
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K Kelappan (1889-1971), popularly known as “Kerala Gandhi; was prominent freedom fighter, Gandhian social activist, parliamentarian, administrator, socialist thinker, educationist, editor, and social reformer. He was a strong propend of social reform and equality. His indefatigable efforts in the fight for freedom, reform, a inequality left an indelible impact on Kerala’s history and the larger Indian narrative. He was the first Kerala Stayagrahi to join mahatma Gandhi’s individual Satyagraha movement. He was imprisoned multiple times during the liberation struggle, including the quit India movement. Kelappan was the co-founder and first present of the Nair Sabha, subsequently known as the Nari service society (NSS), which was established in 1914 under the guidance of Mannath Padmanabhan, another well-known social reformer. Kelappan never aspired for power or pistons. His whole life as a sage of selfless service to the nation. – Reproduced
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