T R Krishnaswami Iyer

Born in 1890, he was brought up in a very orthodox Brahmin family and he soon found himself in the epicenter of the freedom struggle from British rule. He courageously started displaying his social responsibility by educating and initiating Dalits (untouchables) into Brahminhood much to the fury of the elders in the community. When he showed no signs of listening to their advice, Krishna was ostracized from his community. It was a huge deal, but Krishna was undeterred.
He continued his service for the untouchables through the Sabari Ashram that stands even today, which is committed to the cause of educating Dalits. Mahatma Gandhi knew and adored Krishna and always paid him a visit during each of his tours to southern India. There are anecdotes which mention an incident when Krishna saved Gandhiji from riots by stopping a train and taking Gandhiji to a safe place before the train reached the station.
“One among the visits by Gandhiji was on March 18,1925. Gandhiji had reached the Sabari Ashram as a part of a campaign against untouchability. There was opposition to Gandhiji from some quarters and they had planned to stage a black-flag demonstration at the Olavakkode railway station. Krishnaswamy Iyer came to know of the demonstration and he gathered people to wave red flags and stop the train at Akathethara,’’ said Ramaswamy. Subsequently, Gandhij, along with Krishnaswamy Iyer, cut through paddy fields and walked to the Sabari Ashram.
Krishnaswamy Iyer was also active in the Vaikom and Guruvayur temple entry agitations.

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Bhashaposhini Sabha

                                                                

In 1891 Varghese formed the literary club, BhashaposhiniSabha. Bhashaposhini was first published in 1892 as a literary journal of the Bhashaposhini Sabha. The founding editor was Kandathil Varghese Mappilla. In 1895, it merged with another magazine Vidhyavinodini. However, after 3 years, in 1897, resumed as an independent journal again. It continued to be an important and authentic periodical until 1942. After a long break, in 1977 June, the magazine was revived by the Malayala Manorama group of publications. It is one of the significant Malayalam periodical that is published monthly.Contributions include Kerala Varma Valiyakoyi Thampuran, Ulloor, Muloor S.Padmanabha Panicker, Kattakkayathil Cheriyan Mappilai and Moorkoth Kumaran.

sadhujana paripalini

Sadhujanaparipalini was the mouth organ of Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangham,which was set out by Ayyankali.Chempamthara Kalichothi Karuppan was the first editor of this periodical .This monthly magazine, Sadhujana Paripalini, the first ever magazine to be brought out by the Dalit community.  The long-defunct magazine is to resume its publication from 5 January 2014.

Kuttamkulam Struggle-1946

In front of  Koodalmanikyam temple

The Kuttamkulam struggle was organized in front of Koodalmanikyam temple in Irinjalakkuda,Thrissur as a protest against the untouchability.the protesters aims at the permission for traveling in front of the temple and removal of an inscription("theendal palaka") infront  of the temple which supports the untouchability.the caste organaisations like SNDP,samastha kochin pulaya mahajanasabha,the political parties like prajamanadalam,CPI and beediworkers organizations became part of this agitation.P.K.Kumaran master,Sarada Kumaran,K.V.Unni and P.K.Chathan Master were the leaders of this struggle.