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'''Irayi Kunnathidathil Kumaran Master''' ({{lang-ml|ഇരയി കുന്നതിടത്തില് കുമാരന് മാസ്റ്റര്}}; 17 September 1903 – 27 July 1999), was a freedom fighter from [[Mahé, India|Mahe]] or ''Mayyazhi'', Union territory of India, who fought for liberation from France, in 1954. He also unsuccessfully fought for the unification of ''Mayyazhi'' with [[Kerala]]. He is known as "Mahe [[Gandhi]]". Kumaran was the first Administrator of Mahe after Indian independence.<ref>{{cite book|last=Robyn Andrews, Merin Simi Raj|title=Anglo-Indian Identity: Past and Present, in India and the Diaspora|url=https://books.google. | '''Irayi Kunnathidathil Kumaran Master''' ({{lang-ml|ഇരയി കുന്നതിടത്തില് കുമാരന് മാസ്റ്റര്}}; 17 September 1903 – 27 July 1999), was a freedom fighter from [[Mahé, India|Mahe]] or ''Mayyazhi'', Union territory of India, who fought for liberation from France, in 1954. He also unsuccessfully fought for the unification of ''Mayyazhi'' with [[Kerala]]. He is known as "Mahe [[Gandhi]]". Kumaran was the first Administrator of Mahe after Indian independence.<ref>{{cite book|last=Robyn Andrews, Merin Simi Raj|title=Anglo-Indian Identity: Past and Present, in India and the Diaspora|date=21 March 2021|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldoeEAAAQBAJ&dq=I.k+kumaran+mahe&pg=PA381|publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]]|isbn=9783030644581|via=Google Books}}</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Born in Kunnathodam, a fairly wealthy family in [[Mahe, India|Mayyazhi]], IK Kumaran's father Kunkan Janmi was a liquor shop owner. The mother sighed. After completing his studies at Basel Mission School and Calve Branch School in Mayyazhi, he passed the school final examination from Thalassery Basel Mission School. He then passed the Intermediate examination from [[Brennen|Brennan College]], [[Thalassery]].<ref name="ref1">{{Cite book|title=കേരള സംസ്കാര ചരിത്ര നിഘണ്ടു|last=എസ്. കെ വസന്തൻ | Born in Kunnathodam, a fairly wealthy family in [[Mahe, India|Mayyazhi]], IK Kumaran's father Kunkan Janmi was a liquor shop owner. The mother sighed. After completing his studies at Basel Mission School and Calve Branch School in Mayyazhi, he passed the school final examination from Thalassery Basel Mission School. He then passed the Intermediate examination from [[Brennen|Brennan College]], [[Thalassery]].<ref name="ref1">{{Cite book|title=കേരള സംസ്കാര ചരിത്ര നിഘണ്ടു|last=എസ്. കെ വസന്തൻ|publisher=കേരള ഭാഷാ ഇൻസ്റ്റിറ്റ്യൂട്ട|year=2005|isbn=9788176385985|edition=2|volume=1|location=തിരുവനന്തപുരം|pages=364–365|type=വിജ്ഞാനകോശം}}</ref> | ||
He passed the exam to become a sub-inspector in British India but was denied a job because he was a French citizen. From 1928 he worked as a teacher in Choodikotta Madrasa and Ottapilakool Mappila School. It was during this period that IK Kumaran became involved in politics at the instigation of Muchikal Padmanabhan. IK Kumaran Master entered the social and political arena through the Youth League movement. He resigned in 1940 to become more active in politics. He later became the President of the Congress Committee in Vadakara. He actively campaigned for the reorganization of the Congress in Kottayam Taluk. He also served as the President of the Youth League for some time. Kumaran Master has made his mark not only in politics but also in various social activities such as untouchability, mixed eating, bhudanam, Harijan upliftment, khadi propaganda and prohibition of liquor.<ref name="ref1"/> | He passed the exam to become a sub-inspector in British India but was denied a job because he was a French citizen. From 1928 he worked as a teacher in Choodikotta Madrasa and Ottapilakool Mappila School. It was during this period that IK Kumaran became involved in politics at the instigation of Muchikal Padmanabhan. IK Kumaran Master entered the social and political arena through the Youth League movement. He resigned in 1940 to become more active in politics. He later became the President of the Congress Committee in Vadakara. He actively campaigned for the reorganization of the Congress in Kottayam Taluk. He also served as the President of the Youth League for some time. Kumaran Master has made his mark not only in politics but also in various social activities such as untouchability, mixed eating, bhudanam, Harijan upliftment, khadi propaganda and prohibition of liquor.<ref name="ref1"/> | ||