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Ayankali(1863-1941)

• Birth place- Venganore(Trivandrum)
• Born in- 1863
• He was born in Pulaya community had suffered social disabilities through ages
• Father – Ayyan
• Mother – Mala
• Founded – Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham in 1907
• In recognition to his services to the community, -He was nominated to the Sri Mulam Praja Sabha in 1910( also in years 1914 & 1915)
• He was the first Harijan member of Sri Mulam Praja Sabha
• Indira Gandhi installed the sculpture of Ayyankali
  • At Kawadiyar square , Trivandrum
  • In 1980
  • Ezra David was the sculptor
• Indira Gandhi called him –
  

  “The Great Son of India”

• Gandhiji gave him the title – “Pulaya Raja”
• Ayyankali memorial is at – Chitrakoodam, Venganore
• Ayyankali Boat race is conducted at – Vellayani lake ,Trivandrum
• Conducted Villuvandi agitation in 1893
  • His first struggle was – for the right to use the public roads by the downtrodden people
• Kallumala agitation ,1915
  • Freedom for the backward caste ladies to wear upper cloth.
• Gandhiji visited him in1937
• Ayyankali started a school to teach dalit children at venganoor ( Kudipallikkoodam-1905)
• In 1938, Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham became Pulaya Maha Sabha
• Important agitations participated by Ayyankali – Pullad agitation & Nedumangadu agitation
• Perinadu revolt in Kollam also led by Ayyankali
• The “Uruttambalam riot” ( Thonnooram lahala/Pulaya riot) – in 1915
• He wrote the book “ Ente Ormakal”
• Ayyankali Urban employment Guarantee Scheme was launched by Govt of Kerala in 2010
• He died at the age of 77 on 18 June, 1941

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