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POLITICAL LIFE KP KESAVA MENON
POLITICAL LIFE
After his
education Menon became the secretary of Malabar Home Rule League. He joined the
Indian National Congress in 1915 and served as the secretary of the Malabar
branch of the Home Rule League after setting up practice in Calicut. He was a
member of the Home Rule League under Annie Besant which proceeded to London to present a memorandum to the
Secretary of State in 1917.
He also
wrote a dozen of books and collections of essays. In 1919, in Madras he
organised sweepers and rikshaw drivers. He was among the earliest in Kerala to
argue for abolition of 'untouchability'. He gave Leadship for the Vaikkom
Sathyagraham.
In 1921 K. P. Kesava Menon joined the
Non-Cooperation movement after giving up practice. He did relief work as
secretary of KPC C during Moplah rebellion. He became the Founder-Editor of the
Mathrubhumi in 1923. He was imprisoned for six months in the Trivandrum Central
jail for leading the famous Vaikom satyagraha.
Afer the imprisonment he
moved out of Kerala due to financial difficulties as a result of full
time political activity.He
decided to practice law in Malaysia and Singapore. In 1927 he set
up practice in Malayasia and ingapore. There also he actively involved in nationalist movements.
He was very active in INA but when
Subash Chandra Bose assumed the leadership and formed Azad Hind Government, Kesavamenon parted ways from
it as he found it difficult to cope with Subash's way of functioning. When the
Japanese attempted to exploit the Indian freedom fighter in Malaya he resisted
it.
At Singapore he was arrested
and confined to solitary imprisonment by the Japanese and was released only
after the second world war. He resumed the editorship of Mathrubhumi in 1946.
he was appointed as the High commissioner of Ceylon, but resigned due to
difference of opinion.
Kesava Menon became a member
of the action committee of the IndianIndependence League which was organised by
Ras Behari Bose in 1947.
When he was the
president of the Aykya Kerala Committee he worked for the unified Kerala state.
AWARDS TO KP KESAVA MENON
Kesava Menon was honoured by the President of
India with the 'Padma Vibhushan'. He was the receipient of Kendra Sahithya
Academy Award and the Kerala Sahtiya Academy Award. He was known as the Grand
old man of kerala.
MATHRUBHUMI
Kesava
Menon established the
news paper called Mathrubhumi in 1923. ‘Truth, Equality and Freedom’ was the motto of Mathrubhumi.
The first issue of the paper
was on 18th march, 1923. In those days Mathrubhumi was used to publish only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays.
From 6th April, 1930 onwards Mathrubhumi became a
fulfledged daily newspaper.
Kesava Menon
was its Chief Editor from the beginning till his death, except for a brief
interregnum when he moved out of Kerala and went to practice law in Malaysia
and Singapore where also he actively involved in nationalist movements. He
wrote inspiring articles, editorials and books. His autobiography has been
published by Mathrubhumi Books. He was a recipient of the civilian honour of
the Padma
Bhushan.
K.P. KESAVA MENON
K. P.
KESAVA MENON (Kizhakke Pote Kesava Menon) (1 September 1886 – 9 November 1978) was a patriot, idealist, journalist and Indian
independence activist. He was born in Tharoor village of Palakkad as the grandson of the Maharajah of Palghat and as the
son of Bhiman Achan. He graduated in Arts from Madras
University and Bar-at-law
from Middle Temple.
Menon was the founder of Mathrubhumi, a popular daily newspaper which owned the second place
in circulation in Kerala. He was the first Executive President of the Kerala
Sahtiya Academy.
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