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Cheriyan Kandi Muhammad Koya was born in 1927 at [[Atholi, Kerala|Atholi]] in northern Kerala, to Payampunathil Ali and Mariyumma.<ref name=":1" /><ref>Miller, Roland. E., "Mappila" in "The Encyclopedia of Islam". Volume VI. E. J. Brill, Leiden. 1987. pp. 458–56.</ref> | Cheriyan Kandi Muhammad Koya was born in 1927 at [[Atholi, Kerala|Atholi]] in northern Kerala, to Payampunathil Ali and Mariyumma.<ref name=":1" /><ref>Miller, Roland. E., "Mappila" in "The Encyclopedia of Islam". Volume VI. E. J. Brill, Leiden. 1987. pp. 458–56.</ref> | ||
While studying at [[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College|Zamorin's College]], [[Calicut]], Koya founded the [[Muslim Students Federation | While studying at [[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College|Zamorin's College]], [[Calicut]], Koya founded the [[Muslim Students Federation]], the youth wing of the [[All-India Muslim League]].<ref name=":0" /> He later helped to organize a reception for the prominent Muslim League leader [[Liaquat Ali Khan]] (at Calicut in 1945).<ref name=":0" /> He joined the ''[[Chandrika (newspaper)|Chandrika]]'' newspaper, the official organ of the Muslim League, in 1946.<ref name="robin 1">Jeffrey, Robin. "Politics, Women and Well-Being: How Kerala became a Model" Palgrave McMillan (1992); 112 and 114.</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>[http://niyamasabha.org/codes/Speakers%20&%20Deputy%20Speakers%20Book%20Final.pdf Speakers & Deputy Speakers Book – Kerala Legislative Assembly]</ref> | ||
Koya is remembered for his "spirited" reply to [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the then [[Prime Minister of India]] (when the latter publicly criticized [[Indian Union Muslim League]] as "a dead horse" at Calicut in 1955).<ref name=":0" /> | Koya is remembered for his "spirited" reply to [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], the then [[Prime Minister of India]] (when the latter publicly criticized [[Indian Union Muslim League]] as "a dead horse" at Calicut in 1955).<ref name=":0" /> | ||