Kerala Renaissance Part- 7

• Who was instrumental in preparing a petition named Malayali Memorial which was signed by 10,038 persons?

Ans: Barrister G. P. Pillai

• Who convened a conference of Buddhists in 1925 & constructed a worshipping place for Buddhists near his house?

Ans: C. Krishnan

• Which was the year of Morazha incident in which K.P.R. Gopalan was sentenced for capital punishment?

Ans: 1940

• Which was the venue of the first All Kerala Political Conference held in 1921?

Ans: Ottappalam

• 'Unaruvin, Akhileshane Smarippin' was the slogan of which publication?

Ans: Athmavidya Kahalam

• Who wrote the patriotic song of 'Jaya jaya komala Kerala dharani'?

Ans: Bodheswaran

• What was the real name of Bodheswaran?

Ans: Kesava Pillai

• In which year was the first Malabar political conference held under the aegis of Congress & Home Rule League?

Ans: 1916

• Who authored the book 'Representative Indians' which contains 36 biographies?

Ans: G Parameswaran Pillai

• Who was the founder of the Sharada Book Depot & a Tile factory at Aluva?

Ans: Kumaranasan

• Who was the first poet to be nominated to the Sree Moolam Prajasabha?

Ans: Kumaranasan

• Which community organisation established community courts?

Ans: Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham

• In which year was the All Travancore Joint Political Conference launched?

Ans: 1932

• Which leader of Kerala renaissance is known as 'Bharat Kesari'?

Ans: Mannathu Padmanabhan

• In which satyagraha, Antharjana Samajam, the women wing of Yogakshema Sabha participated?

Ans: Paliyam Satyagraha

• Who founded Sidhasamajam At Vatakara in the year 1920?

Ans: Swami Sivananda Paramahamsar

• In which year the first widow remarriage in the Namboothiri community was held?

Ans: 1934

• Who was the first bride of the Namboothiri widow remarriage?

Ans: Uma Antharjanam

• Who was the groom of the first Namboothiri widow remarriage?

Ans: M R Bhattathirippad

• Who was nominated by Cochin Legislative Assembly as the representative of Antharjanams in connection with Namboothiri Bill?

Ans: Parvathi Nenmenimangalam

• Who was the woman leader to become the President of Malabar Pradesh Congress Committee?

Ans: A.V. Kuttimalu Amma

• Who wrote the song 'Akhilanda mandalam aniyichorukki'?

Ans: Pandalam K.P. Raman Pillai

• In which year was the first branch of the Theosophical Society started in Kerala?

Ans: 1882

• Where was the first branch of the Theosophical Society started in Kerala?

Ans: Palakkad

• Who established Rajayogananda Kaumudi in 1911?

Ans: Vagbhatananda

• To which place in the Madras Province, Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai was banished in 1910?

Ans: Tirunelveli

• In which taluk of the erstwhile Malabar district was Guruvayur Satyagraha held?

Ans: Ponnani

• Which King of the Travancore issued a proclamation announcing the right of Nadar women to wear upper cloths but on condition that they should not imitate the style of clothing worn by upper class women?

Ans: Uthram Thirunal

• Who led the Savarna Jatha from Nagercoil to Thiruvananthapuram?

Ans: M E Naidu

• Who established the first school for depressed classes in Kerala?

Ans: Ayyankali

• Who lead the march of volunteers from Payyannur to Guruvayur to consolidate solidarity of the general public to the Guruvayur Satyagraha?

Ans: Subramanyan Tirumump

• Who was the managing proprietor of Swadeshabhimani newspaper when it was confiscated by the Travancore Government in 1910?

Ans: K. Ramakrishna Pillai

• Who was the founder of Kerala Granthasala Sangham?

Ans: P N Panicker

• The slogan 'Vayichu Valaruka' is related to ______? 

Ans: Grandhasala Sangham

• Who made the inaugural speech on the All Religious Meet held at Aluva which aimed at the promotion of understanding between different religions?

Ans: Sahodaran Ayyappan

• Who wrote a series of articles in Madras Standard to depict the plight of Ezhavas of Travancore with the title 'Thiruvithamkotte Theeyan'?

Ans: Dr. Palpu

• Who wrote the editorial 'Save the soul of Gandhiji' when he started fast unto death to protest against Communal Award in 1932?

Ans: Vagbhatananda

• Who said that 'Sree Narayana Guru is not just an asset of the community or the State but he is a Paramacharya of Modern India'?

Ans: Ulloor S Parameswara Iyer

• Who organised the first Fisheries Conference in 1949 with a view to evolving sustainable projects & programmes for the development of the coastal region & fishermen folk?

Ans: Dr. Velukkutty Mayan

• Which drama was written by Pandit Karuppan in connection with the 'Shashti Poorthi' celebrations of the Maharaja of Cochin?

Ans: Baalakalesam

• Who formed 'Dharmabhata Sangham' inorder to strengthen the activities of SNDP Yogam?

Ans: T K Madhavan

• Who was the sculptor of the statue of Ayyankali at Vellayambalam, Thiruvananthapuram?

Ans: Ezra David

• Which book written by Chattampi Swamikal quashes the legend that Kerala was donated to Brahmins by Parasurama?

Ans: Prachina Malayalam

• The social reformer of Kerala who got 'Rao Sahib' decoration from the British?

Ans: Ayyathan Gopalan

• Who is the author of the book 'Brahmarshi Sree Narayana Guru'?

Ans: T Bhaskaran

• Who coined the term 'Nivarthana Prashobhanam'?

Ans: I.C. Chacko

• Who wrote 'Vrithantha Pathra Pravarthanaml, the first book on Journalism in Malayalam language?

Ans: K Ramakrishna Pillai

• In 1922, when Rabindra Nath Tagore visited Trivandrum, who sang 'Divyakokilam’ penned by Kumaranasan in praise of Tagore?

Ans: C Kesavan

• Who formed an organization named Uralungal Koolivelakkarude Paraspara Sahaya Sangham (ULCCS) as part of his social revolutionary mission to fight the caste barriers?

Ans: Vagbhatananda

• Who established the Muslim Printing House?

Ans: Vakkom Moulavi

• Along with whom Thycaud Ayya started Saiva Prakasa Sabha in 1884?

Ans: Prof.Sundaram Pillai

• From which place 'Mithavadi' was published under the editorial ship of Moorkoth Kumaran?

Ans: Thalassery

• Where was the last anniversary of the SNDP Yogam in which Sree Narayana Guru attended held in 1927?

Ans: Palluruthy

• Which eminent figure of the freedom movement of India accompanied Rabindranath Tagore when he visited Sree Narayana Guru?

Ans: C F Andrews

• Which was the major site of the Kerala Renaissance movements where first mayor protests against untouchability & casteism in Hinduism was organised?

Ans: Vaikkom Temple

• Who was the first signatory of the Malayali Memorial?

Ans: K P Sankara Menon

• Who wrote introduction to 'Nalini' written by Kumaranasan?

Ans: A R Raja Raja Varma

• Which was the work of Kumaranasan on the background of the Malabar Rebellion of 1921?

Ans: Duravastha

• The social reformer who inspired the formation of `Karshaka Sangham' in Malabar?

Ans: Vagbhatananda

• Who was the first Non-Brahmin to ring the temple bell of Guruvayur?

Ans: P Krishna Pillai

• Who wrote the first biography of Sree Narayana Guru?

Ans: Moorkoth Kumaran

• Who is known as 'the Joan of Arc'of Kerala?

Ans: Akkamma Cheriyan

• Who inaugurated the Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy in 1958?

Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru

• In which year was the headquarters of Kerala Sahitya Academy transferred from Thiruvananthapuram to Thrissur?

Ans: 1957

• Kochi Rajya Praja Mandalam was formed in the year _____? 

Ans: 1941

• Who wrote the famous book 'A Short History of the Peasant Movement in Kerala'?

Ans: EMS Namboothirippad

• Who founded the Jathinasini Sabha?

Ans: Anandatheerthan

• Who started the Tatva Prakasika Ashram educational centre?

Ans: Vagbhatananda

• Who was the first Vice President of SNDP?

Ans: Dr. Palpu