Question

As a part of the campaign for eradication of untouchability a Satyagraha was organised during the period of December-April 1948 and it evoked the willing participation of princes of Royal families of Cochin. Which Satyagraha was mentioned above?

• A. Guruvayoor Satyagraha
• B. Mahad Satyagraha
• C. Paliyam Satyagraha
• D. Vaikom Satyagraha

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Paliyam Satyagraha

• The Paliyam Satyagraha (centered at Chennamangalam near North Paravur) was launched to secure passage for lower-caste individuals on the public road running adjacent to the Paliyam Kovilakam—the ancestral home of the Paliath Achans (hereditary Prime Ministers of Cochin).

• It began on December 4, 1947, and lasted until April 1948. The movement is unique in Kerala's reform history because it won the active moral support and participation of several progressive-minded members of the Cochin royal family, who stood alongside the satyagrahis against orthodox discrimination.

• Vaikom Satyagraha occurred much earlier, from March 1924 to November 1925.

• Guruvayoor Satyagraha took place between November 1931 and October 1932.

• Mahad Satyagraha was led by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in Maharashtra in 1927.