KERALA PSC / RENAISSANCE LEADERS OF KERALA / DR. PALPU / NOTES
KERALA PSC / RENAISSANCE LEADERS OF KERALA / DR. PALPU /
NOTES
· Padmanabhan Palpu was a bacteriologist and social
revolutionary
· Dr.Palpu was a relentless fighter for the cause of the Ezhavas
in Kerala
· He wrote many articles in English newspapers published
from India highlighting the degrading customs in Kerala that made the condition
of the Ezhavas miserable
· He formed the ‘Greater Ezhava Association’. The first
meeting held at Thiruvananthapuram. He decide to submit a mass petition to the government
signed by ten thousand Ezhavas demanding the abolition of the discrimination
against them. Dr. Palpu himself took the initiative to get the signatures, and
on 1896 September 3rd the petition, the historically famous ‘Ezhava
Memorial’ signed by 13176 people was submitted to the Government
KERALA PSC / RENAISSANCE LEADERS OF KERALA / DR. PALPU /
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