Leaders of Renaissance in Kerala -Mannath Padmanabhan (1878-1970) (Chapter-2)

Leaders of Renaissance in Kerala -Mannath Padmanabhan (1878-1970) (Chapter-2)

21. Mannath Padmanabhan was the president of the Guruvayoor Sathyagraha Committee?

22. Guruvayoor Sathyagraha was started in 1931. K.Kelappan was the Secretary of the Guruvayur Sathyagraha Committee.

23. Volunteer Captain was A.K.Gopalan.

24. Mannam believed that the welfare and progress of Nair community is connected to the total prosperity of the Hindu religion. So he cooperated with the attempts to root out the factors that were detrimental to the progress of Hinduism. Thus Mannam actively participated in Vaikom and Guruvayur

Sathyagrahas.

25. Mannam was always interested to involve actively in the contemporary social issues. As a part of some temple rituals, the women of that era had to remove their upper cloths during festival occassions . In this background  , in 1931 Mannam exhorted the women of Kerala  to boycott the temples.

26. Mannath Padmanabhan married Mechet Kalyani Amma in 1901 .She passed away in 1912 and  was survived by a daughter.

27. In 1932 Mannath Padmanabhan married Thottakkat Madhavi Amma.

28. Thottakkat Madhavi Amma was the first woman to become a member in the Legislature of Cochin (1925). She was also a famous writer. Her mother Thottakkad Ikkavamma was also popular as a poetress.

29. In association with R.Shankar Mannath Padmanabhan founded ‘Hindumahamandalam’

30. R.Shankar was the leader of SNDP Yogam and Congress. The political party launched by R.Shankar and Mannam was Democratic Congress Party (1950).

31. The political party launched by N.S.S. was National Democratic Party.

32. The famous ‘Muthukulam speech’ of Mannam was in 1947.

33. In 1949 Mannam became the first president of Travancore Dewaswam Board (19491950).

34. The Liberation Struggle (Vimochana Samaram) of 1959 was launched against the policies of EMS ministry especially the Educational Act introduced by Joseph Mundassery, the Minister for Education.

35. Political parties such as Congress, PSP, Muslim League,RSP joined together with some communal organisations, which were provoked by the provisions of the Educational Act.

315. The Congress president during liberation struggle was R.Shankar. The leader of opposition was P.T.Chacko.

36. The name ‘ Vimochana Samaram’ was sprouted from a speech of Panampilly Govindamenon, Congress leader.

37. Liberation struggle was started on 12th June 1959. It lasted for seven weeks.

38. During Vimochana Samaram, the “Jeevasikha Jatha’  started from Angamali was led by Mannath Padmanabhan.

39. The president dismissed EMS ministry by invoking Article 356 of the Constitution on 31st July 1959.

40. It was the first occassion in the history of Independent India in which a goverment that enjoys majority in legislature was dismissed by invoking Article 356.

41. Kerala was the fifthstate in Independent India that was brought under President’s rule (After Punjab, PEPSU,Andhra and Thiru Kochi).

42. Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the then President of India presented the honour ‘Bharat Kesari’ to Mannath Padmanabhan in 1959.

43. The venue was Thirunakkara Maidan in Kottayam.

44. Mannam went for European expedition in 1959.

45. In 1966 Mannam was given ‘Padmavibhushan’.

46. He passed away on 25th February 1970. Mannam Samadhi is in Perunna. The autobiography of Mannath Padmanabhan is ‘Ente Jeevithasmaranakal’
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