the freedom struggle at any stage . R . S . Shyamaprasad Mukherjee , the leader of the Hindu Mahasabha , wrote a letter to the Viceroy on July 26 , 1942 , when he was the Deputy Chief Minister in the cabinet of the Muslim League .
After Narendra Modi came to power in 2014 , the Sangh Parivar organizations in general have a grudge that they had no role in the freedom struggle . The Sangh Parivar recognizes the fact that they cannot gain prominence in history without ‘ correcting ’ the existing history of the Country . As a country with different nationalities , the anti- imperialist and antifeudal struggles that took place in India were also considered as part of the national freedom struggle . Therefore , Kaiyur , Karivellur , Punnapra-Vayalar , Telangana and Thebhaga are all part of the freedom struggle . Historians have acknowledged that the Punnapra-Vayalar struggle of September-October 1946 was part of the freedom struggle . Indrajith Guptha , was the Home Minister in IK . Gujral ’ s cabinet . On January 20 , 1998 , at the initiative of Indrajith Guptha , the Central Government recognized the antiimperialist and anti-feudal struggles , including Punnapra-Vayalar , as part of the freedom struggle .
Travancore Diwan CP Ramaswamy Iyer ( CP ) declared Travancore as an independent State and advocated for an American model of governance . Along with this political situation in the post-Second World period , tense national political developments and severe food shortage led to the declaration of a struggle by coir- farmers , fishermen , blacksmiths and beedi workers for wages and other rights . On September 15 , 1946 , a general strike was declared by about a dozen Unions of workers who had been subjected to severe exploitation and oppression by landlords and capitalists . The Communist Party started a volunteers camp in Cherthala and Ambalapuzha taluks to combat the severe persecution of landlords , goons and the police of CP . At the same time , the Travancore State Congress and the Communist Party rejected the reforms of CP and decided to intensify the agitation for a responsible government . It was against this backdrop that the general strike of September 15,1946 took place . The workers started agitating demanding responsible governance along with financial demands . Coir workers in Cherthala and Ambalapuzha taluks in Alappuzha also refused to merge with the Indian Union .
Fishermen and farmers went on strike and took to the streets under the slogan of CP ’ s Independent Travancore in the Arabian Sea . CP deployed troops to suppress the protesters . Workers confronted the army with machetes . More than 500 were martyred for a free and united India .
The Karivellur agitation and martyrs ’ movement was a blazing fire in the revolutionary minded people of North Malabar . The countryside was gripped by severe food shortages after World War II . Famine and poverty conquered the countryside . Lord Chirakkal Thampuran was transporting the leased paddy to S . A . V . Under the leadership of Kunjambhu , the people and the peasants blocked it . The people were attacked
20 by Chirakkal Thampuran ’ s goons and Malabar State police ( MSP ). Comrades Thidil Kannan and Keenery Kunjambu were martyred .
With the formation of the All India Kisan Sabha in Malabar in 1936 , the struggle against feudalism and imperialism intensified under the Red Flag . Kalyat Janmi and Karakattidam Nayanar were the owners of the land and property in Irikkur Firka . Under the leadership of the Kisan Sabha , the peasants resisted the anti-agrarian stance of these cruel landlords . The goons and the MSP supported the landlords ’ antifarmer stance and unleashed violence against the farmers . The Kisan Sabha and the Communist Party decided to march to the camp . On the night of December 29 , 1946 , the farmers ’ camp was attacked by the MSP . Comrades Pulukkal Kunhiraman , P . Kumaran , Manjeri Govindan , Aloramban Krishnan and Thengil Appanambyar were martyred . The others arrested were sent to Salem Jail . On February 11 , 1950 , comrades Thalian Raman Nambiar , OP Ananthan Master , P . Narayanan Nambiar and Paramban Kunhiraman were killed in a shooting at Salem Jail . The liberation struggle of Goa , the struggle against Nizam and the Mayazhi struggle were all part of the freedom struggle .
The followers of Savarkar , who apologized in the Andaman Cellular Jail , are now insulting those who sacrificed their lives in the freedom struggle when they came to power . The Sangh Parivar has invaded all areas . They mock local myths and celebrations . The Sangh Parivar sees even celebrations of unity like Onam as a celebration of dwarf victory . Mahabali is unacceptable to the Sanghs . They are trying to ‘ correct ’ history , deny local nationalities , ignore local language and impose Hindi .
This agitation had a decisive influence on the unification of the CP and the merger of Travancore with the Indian Union . Therefore , the Punnapra-Vayalar agitation was part of the Indian freedom struggle . The efforts of the Sangh Parivar forces to insult and humiliate that struggle should be resisted by all the Malayalees .
The Malabar revolt of 1921 , known as the ‘ Mappila riots ’ took place as part of the Khilafat movement . All Musliar and Waryan Kunnath Kunhahammed Haji were the leaders of the agitation carried out by the farmers of Ernad taluk . Mahatmaji and Khilafat leaders came to Kozhikode and called for a joint anti-British struggle . The Wagon Tragedy was part of the 1921 agitation . The ICHR is pressuring the Central Government to remove the leaders of the Malabar Revolt from the list of freedom fighters . However , the Khilafat movement and Malabar agrarian uprising of 1921 were part of the freedom struggle . The Sangh Parivar ’ s move to downplay it and downplay its historical significance is reprehensible . M . Sreekumar - MCPI ( U ); K . S . Hariharan - RMPI ; M . K . Dasan - CPI ( ML ) Red Star ; P . Suseelan - CPI ( ML ); Dr . V . Prasad - Mass Movement for Social Alternative ; Adv . Rajadas - AIKF ; V . V . Rajendran - AICTU ; Roby Arayakkandy - AIFTU ( N ); Jayan Konnikkara - TUCI . ❖
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