K. Kunhambu

K.Kunhambu

K. Kunhambu - Freedom Fighter

Description: Born in North Malabar,Panoor. Actively participated in India's Freedom Struggle - especially the Quit India Movement of 1942. He was arrested by the British police as he had presided the banned 12th Meeting of Akhila Kerala Cogress held at Maananchira Square, Calicut, on 26 January 1944. As a result he spent 3 years in Alipore Central Jail as a political prisoner (admitted as 9218 C class prisoner on 30 January 1944). After India achieved her independence he lead his life following Gandhian Principles and worked as a teacher and one of the Social reformers of Sarvodaya Movement in a remote village named Perur in a rural area of South Malabar near Ottappalam. And during the time of Bhoodan Movement led by AacharyaVinoba Bhave, he actively participated in it and worked for the welfare of the poor landless people in the remote villages in Bihar. After his return from Bihar, in Kerala, he participated in Mr Sankara Rao's Kerala Bhoodana Padayaathra

References

• Indian Independence Movement, Indian Nationalism

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