Question

Identify the correct chronological order of the following social revolts of Kerala

1.Kadakkal Samaram

2. Kallumala Samaram

3. Villuvandi Samaram

4. Marumarakkal Samaram

• A. 4,2,13
• B. 1,3,4,2
• C. 4,3,2,1
• D. 3,1,2,4

Answer 1

Answer:

C. 4,3,2,1

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Kadakkal Samaram

• In 1938, the great agitation that took place in a village called Kadaikal between Nilamel and Madathara in Kollam district is known as the Kadaikal struggle.

• The Kadakkal strike is the struggle of the people against the police of Sir C.P.

• The struggle started when people united against the 1938 Kadaikal Chanta

Kallumala Samaram

• Also known as the Perinad Lahala or Perinad Mutiny, this social revolution took place in 1915. The Pulayar community led the agitation against the upper class for the right to wear ornaments made of stone or wood.

• The agitation resulted in the lower class gaining the right to wear ornaments of their choice. 

Villuvandi Samaram

• Also known as the Bullock cart strike, this movement was led by Ayyankali in 1893. Ayyankali rode a bullock cart through the public roads of Venganur in defiance of the social discrimination that prevented lower caste people from using public roads.

• The movement was an important anti-caste struggle in the Kingdom of Travancore.

Marumarakkal Samaram

• Melsilakalapam (Malsilakalapam) is the movement of the Channar women of Travancore in the 19th century(1859) to change their clothes and wear the melmundu.

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