Question

Kalpathi lahala is associated with which social reformer

Answer 1

Socio-Religious reform movementswhich ultimately led to the renaissance in Kerala like Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP), Nair Service Society (NSS), Yogakshema Sabha, Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangham (SJPS), Vaala Samudaya Parishkarani Sabha (VSPS), Samathwa Samajam, Islam Dharma Paripalana Sangham, Prathyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha (PRDS), Sahodara Prasthanam etc.


Struggles and social revolts which took place in the period of Kerala renaissance including upper cloth revolts or "Melmund Samaram", Channar agitation or "Channar lahala", Vaikom Satyagraha, Guruvayoor satyagraha, Paliyam satyagraha. Kuttamkulam satyagraha or Kuttamkulam struggle, Temple entry proclamation, Temple entry act, Malayalee memorial, Ezhava memorial, Malabar riots, Civil disobedience movement, Abstention movement etc. Other major revolts & processions like Coonan cross truth or Coonan cross revolt, Attingal revolt, revolts of Pazhassiraja, Kundara proclamation, Kurichyar revolt, Villuvandi samaram, Kallumala Samaram (Stone Necklace Protest) or Perinad Lahala, Thali Temple strike, Achipudava Samaram, Mukkuthi Samaram, Salt Satyagraha in Kerala, Kalpathi struggle (Kalpathi Prakshobham), Electricity agitation (Vaidyuthi samaram), Kayyur revolt, Kallara-Pangod struggle, Keezhariyur bomb case, Karivellur peasant strike and Punnapra Vayalar strike.


Role of the press in the renaissance of Kerala and the impact of newspapers like Malayalee, Swadeshabhimani, Vivekodayam, Mithavadi, Swaraj, Malayala Manorama, Bhashaposhini, Mathrubhoomi, Kerala Kaumudi, Samadarsi, Kesari, Al-Ameen, Prabhatham, Yukthivadi, etc


Awakening through literature by the influence of novel, drama, poetry etc. Establishment of "purogamana sahithya prasthanam", "nataka prasthanam", library movement etc.


Women who brought social change in the renaissance period of Kerala like Parvathi Nenmenimangalam, Arya Pallam, A V Kuttimalu Amma, Lalitha Prabhu.Akkamma Cheriyan, Anna Chandi, Lalithambika Antharjanam and others.


Leaders of the renaissance in Keralalike Thycaud Ayya Vaikundar, Sree Narayana Guru, Ayyan Kali.Chattampi Swamikal, Brahmananda Sivayogi, Vagbhadananda, Poikayil Yohannan (Kumara Guru), Dr Palpu, Palakkunnath Abraham Malpan, Mampuram Thangal, Sahodaran Ayyappan, Pandit K P Karuppan, Pampadi John Joseph, Mannathu Padmanabhan, V T Bhattathirippad, Vakkom Abdul Khadar Maulavi, Makthi Thangal, Blessed Elias Kuriakose Chaavra, Barrister G P Pillai, TK Madhavan, Moorkoth Kumaran, C. Krishnan, K P Kesava Menon, Dr.Ayyathan Gopalan, C V Kunjuraman, Kuroor Neelakantan Namboothiripad, Velukkutty Arayan, K P Vellon, P K Chathan Master, K Kelappan, P. Krishna Pillai, A K Gopalan, T R Krishnaswami Iyer, C Kesavan. Swami Ananda Theerthan , M C Joseph, Kuttippuzha Krishnapillai and others.


Literary figures like Kodungallur Kunhikkuttan Thampuran, Kerala Varma Valiyakoyi Thampuran, Kandathil Varghese Mappila. Kumaran Asan, Vallathol Narayana Menon, Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer, G Sankara Kurup, Changampuzha Krishna Pillai, Chandu Menon, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. Kesav Dev, Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, Ponkunnam Varky, S K Pottakkad and others.