Malayali Memorial and Ezhava Memorial

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In this post, we are going to learn about the two important memorials of Kerala renaissance history, theMalayali Memorial of 1891andEzhava Memorial of 1896.Both the Malayali Memorial and Ezahava me...

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Malayali Memorial and Ezhava Memorial(39)

Item	Detail
Submitted on	1891 January 1
Other Name	Travancore Memorial
Leaders	Barrister G.P. Pillai, K.P. Sankara Menon, Dr. P. Palpu & N. Raman Pillai
Slogan	Travancore for Travancoreans (തിരുവിതാംകൂർ തിരുവിതാംകൂർക്കാർക്ക്)
Written by	Barrister G.P. Pillai (originally from a pamphlet of the same name he wrote in 1870)
Drafted by	C.V. Raman Pillai
Newspaper in which C.V. Raman Pillai wrote about Malayali Memorial	Mithabhashi
Book written by C.V. Raman Pillai on Malayali Memorial	Videsiyamedhavitvam (1922)
First signed by	K.P. Sankara Menon.2nd signatory –Barrister G.P. Pillai.3rd signatory –Dr. P. Palpu.No. of Persons signed –100,28
Venue	Kottayam Public Library
Submitted to	Sree Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma
Submitted to King by	K.P. Sankara Menon
Travancore Diwan	T. Ramarao
The foreign political activist who gave legal support (Legal Advisor) to Malayali Memorial	Eardley John Norton
Result	a slight change in the attitude of the Travancore Government towards the locals
Counter-Memorial (1891)Submitted on	1891 June 3
Submitted by	Chenkotta Ramayya & Ramanathan Rao
Aim	To oppose Malayali memorial
Submitted to	Sree Moolam Thirunal
Submitted on	1896 September 3
Leader	Dr. P. Palpu.No. of Persons signed –131,76
Organization associated withEzhava memorial	Ezhava Maha Sabha
Submitted to	Sree Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma
Travancore Diwan	Shungrasoobyer / Sankara Subha Iyer
Result	Declined.125th Anniversary of Ezhava memorial –September 3, 2021*
അതിനാൽ മേലാലെങ്കിലും എല്ലാ ഗവൺമെന്റ് പള്ളിക്കൂടങ്ങളിലും കടന്നു പഠിച്ചുകൊള്ളത്തക്കവണ്ണവും, യോഗ്യതാനുസാരം അടിയങ്ങൾക്കും സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗം കിട്ടത്തക്കവണ്ണവും കല്പനയുണ്ടാവണമെന്ന് പ്രാർത്ഥിച്ചു കൊള്ളുന്നു."Second Ezhava Memorial (1900)Leader	Dr. P. Palpu
Submitted to	Lord Curzon
Travancore King	Sree Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma
Travancore Diwan	Shungrasoobyer / Sankara Subha Iyer
Result	Declined. Lord Curzon took the stand that the Britain wasn't interested in such affairs
📝SideNotes:G.P. Pillai	Govindan Parameswaran Pillai
Grand Old man of Travancore	Barrister G.P. Pillai
Pen name	Oru Rajya Snehi
The Only Malayali whom Mahatma Gandhi has mentioned in his autobiography, 'My Experiments with Truth'	Barrister G.P. Pillai
The Only Malayali who participated in the first session of the Indian National Congress on December 28-31, 1885	Barrister G.P. Pillai
Kerala Scott	C.V. Raman Pillai
Kottayam Public Library was founded by	T. Rama Rao & Rev. John Cailey (1882)
Founder of Modern Kottayam	T. Rama Rao
Ezhava Maha Sabha	Dr. Palpu (1896)

Submitted on

1891 January 1

Other Name

Travancore Memorial

Leaders

Barrister G.P. Pillai, K.P. Sankara Menon, Dr. P. Palpu & N. Raman Pillai

Slogan

Travancore for Travancoreans (തിരുവിതാംകൂർ തിരുവിതാംകൂർക്കാർക്ക്)

Written by

Barrister G.P. Pillai (originally from a pamphlet of the same name he wrote in 1870)

Drafted by

C.V. Raman Pillai

Newspaper in which C.V. Raman Pillai wrote about Malayali Memorial

Mithabhashi

Book written by C.V. Raman Pillai on Malayali Memorial

Videsiyamedhavitvam (1922)

First signed by

K.P. Sankara Menon.2nd signatory –Barrister G.P. Pillai.3rd signatory –Dr. P. Palpu.No. of Persons signed –100,28

Venue

Kottayam Public Library

Submitted to

Sree Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma

Submitted to King by

K.P. Sankara Menon

Travancore Diwan

T. Ramarao

The foreign political activist who gave legal support (Legal Advisor) to Malayali Memorial

Eardley John Norton

Result

a slight change in the attitude of the Travancore Government towards the locals

Counter-Memorial (1891)Submitted on

1891 June 3

Submitted by

Chenkotta Ramayya & Ramanathan Rao

Aim

To oppose Malayali memorial

Submitted to

Sree Moolam Thirunal

Submitted on

1896 September 3

Leader

Dr. P. Palpu.No. of Persons signed –131,76

Organization associated withEzhava memorial

Ezhava Maha Sabha

Submitted to

Sree Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma

Travancore Diwan

Shungrasoobyer / Sankara Subha Iyer

Result*

Declined.125th Anniversary of Ezhava memorial –September 3, 2021

അതിനാൽ മേലാലെങ്കിലും എല്ലാ ഗവൺമെന്റ് പള്ളിക്കൂടങ്ങളിലും കടന്നു പഠിച്ചുകൊള്ളത്തക്കവണ്ണവും, യോഗ്യതാനുസാരം അടിയങ്ങൾക്കും സർക്കാർ ഉദ്യോഗം കിട്ടത്തക്കവണ്ണവും കല്പനയുണ്ടാവണമെന്ന് പ്രാർത്ഥിച്ചു കൊള്ളുന്നു."Second Ezhava Memorial (1900)Leader

Dr. P. Palpu

Submitted to

Lord Curzon

Travancore King

Sree Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma

Travancore Diwan

Shungrasoobyer / Sankara Subha Iyer

Result

Declined. Lord Curzon took the stand that the Britain wasn't interested in such affairs

📝SideNotes:G.P. Pillai

Govindan Parameswaran Pillai

Grand Old man of Travancore

Barrister G.P. Pillai

Pen name

Oru Rajya Snehi

The Only Malayali whom Mahatma Gandhi has mentioned in his autobiography, 'My Experiments with Truth'

Barrister G.P. Pillai

The Only Malayali who participated in the first session of the Indian National Congress on December 28-31, 1885

Barrister G.P. Pillai

Kerala Scott

C.V. Raman Pillai

Kottayam Public Library was founded by

T. Rama Rao & Rev. John Cailey (1882)

Founder of Modern Kottayam

T. Rama Rao

Ezhava Maha Sabha

Dr. Palpu (1896)

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