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{{short description|Indian activist}}
{{one source|date=May 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox writer 
| name = Pampady Joseph
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| birth_name = Pampady John Joseph
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1887|05|23}}
| birth_place = [[Pampady]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1940|07|14|1887|05|23}}
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| occupation = [[Teacher]]
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| alma_mater = Trukkakara Mission School
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| subject = Dalit activism
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| notableworks = ''Sadhujan Dootan'' (Periodical), ''Cheruma Boy''
| spouse = Sara Joseph
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| children = 3
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{{Indian name|Joseph|John}}{{family name hatnote|Pampady|Joseph|Indian name|lang=Toponymic}}'''Pampady John Joseph '''([[Pampady]], 23 May 1887 – 14 July 1940) was a Dalit activist and the founder of the socio-religious movement [[Cheramar]]<ref>{{cite book |title=People of India :A-G Volume 4 |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1998 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jHQMAQAAMAAJ&q=cheramar |pages=2871–2872, 3745|isbn=978-0-19-563354-2 }}</ref> MahajanSabha.
<ref name="Kshīrasāgara1994">{{cite book|author=Rāmacandra Kshīrasāgara|title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wx218EFVU8MC&pg=PA287|accessdate=10 May 2012|date=1 January 1994|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-85880-43-3|pages=287–}}</ref>

==Early life==
Joseph was born in 1887 at Pampady, Kottayam to John. His father was a Christian who was converted from [[Pulaya]] (then untouchable) caste to [[Catholic Christian]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nastiknation.org/product/pampadi-john-joseph/|title = Pampadi John Joseph – Nastik Nation}}</ref> Joseph was educated up to the sixth standard at Trukkakara Mission School. He moved to [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in 1918.<ref name="Kshīrasāgara1994" />

==Career==
Joseph worked for some time as a teacher. He felt that the Catholic Church{{where|date=May 2012}} was not treating newly converted Christians as equals to their [[Saint Thomas Christian|Syrian]] counterparts, leading to dissatisfaction among the converts.<ref name="Kshīrasāgara1994" />

Joseph believed that the Pulayars were the original inhabitants of Kerala and hence he called them ''Cheramar'', which means ''the people of Kerala''. He organised the [[Cheramar Mahajan Sabha]] on 14 January 1921 to protest against the traditional attitude and customs of the caste Hindus and caste Hindu converts. Caste Christians as well as untouchable Hindus were allowed to be the members and the organisation worked to counter the Hindu mentality and obtain rights. He thought that the Cheramar, Pulayar, Parayar and Kuravar are the [[Adi Dravida]] races of India.<ref name="Kshīrasāgara1994" />

Joseph initiated the ''Sadhujan Dootan'' magazine in 1919, in which he wrote inspiring articles. It was published until 1924.<ref name="Kshīrasāgara1994" />

Joseph, in his book ''Cheruma Boy'', questioned the Syrian Christian's apathetic and discriminatory attitude towards the untouchable Christians.<ref name="Kshīrasāgara1994" />

On 8 June 1931, Joseph became a member of the [[Sadhujana Paripalana Sangham|Shri Moolam Legislative Assembly]] in Travancore. In 1935 he asked the British Parliament to grant the same civil rights for untouchables as were available to other communities.<ref name="Kshīrasāgara1994" />

Joseph also suggested that untouchable Christians should combat their lack of equal treatment within religious bodies by constructing their own churches and temples.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2013/jan/30/pampady-john-joseph-birth-fete-445917.html|title = Pampady John Joseph birth fete}}</ref> He also acquired land for redistribution among the untouchables.<ref name="Kshīrasāgara1994" />

===Organizations founded by Pampady===
He had founded as many as four organizations for the Cheramar community he had belonged to ― Cheramar Mahajanasabha, Cheramar Sangh, Akhila Travancore Cheramar Mahajanasabha and Cheramar Sabha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pschunt.com/pampadi-john-joseph/|title = Kerala Renaissance Leaders – Pampady John Joseph – PSC HUNT}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Dalit activists]]
[[Category:Dalit writers]]
[[Category:Writers from Kerala]]
[[Category:People from Kottayam district]]
[[Category:1887 births]]
[[Category:1940 deaths]]
[[Category:Converts to Christianity]]
[[Category:Activists from Kerala]]
[[Category:People of the Kingdom of Travancore]]
[[Category:Indian schoolteachers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian educators]]
[[Category:Educators from Kerala]]

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