AYYANKALI (1863-1941)

• Ayyankali was born in 1863 at Venganore in Trivandrum district.
• In 1905 he founded the Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham, which later became Pulaya Mahasabha.
• Ayyankali’s first struggle was for the right to use the public roads by the downtrodden people.
• He was nominated to the Srimulam Prajasabha in 1910 and remained in office for 25 years.
• He died at the Age of 77 on 18 June 1941.
• Gandhiji visited Ayyankali in 1934 and called him ‘Pulaya Raja’.

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