List of Ezhavas
Ezhava is a caste-based community of Kerala, India. They are also known as Ilhava, Irava, Izhava and Erava in the south of the region; as Chovas, Chokons and Chogons in Central Travancore; and as Tiyyas, Thiyyas and Theeyas in Malabar.
The following is a list of some prominent personalities who were born in the Ezhava caste.
Fictional characters
- Aromal Chekavar[1] - 16th century warrior
- Unniyarcha- 16th century warrior[1]
Spiritual leaders
- Narayana Guru[2]
- Bodhananda Swamikal
- Nataraja Guru
- Karunakara Guru
- Nitya Chaitanya Yati
- Vagbhatananda Gurudevar
Literature
- Kumaran Asan[3] - also known as Mahakavi Kumaran Asan
- Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker[4] - poet and a prominent social reform activist
- C. V. Kunhiraman[4] - founder of Kerala Kaumudi, journalist
- O. V. Vijayan[5][6] - Indian author (Khasakkinte Itihasam) and cartoonist
Cinema
Politics
- C. Kesavan[9] – Former Chief Minister of former princely state of Travancore-Cochin
- R. Sankar[10] – former Chief Minister of Kerala
- Susheela Gopalan[11] - Former Minister for Industries and Social Welfare
- V. S. Achuthanandan[11] - Former Chief Minister of Kerala
- K. R. Gowri Amma[11] - Former Minister in various Ministries of Kerala
- V. M. Sudheeran[12]
- Vayalar Ravi[13] - Current Union Cabinet Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs
- Adoor Prakash, Revenue Minister of Kerala[14]
Social reformers
- Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, original name Kalisseril Velayutha Chekavar[15]
- Padmanabhan Palpu[16]
- T. K. Madhavan
References
- 1 2 Paniker, K. Ayyappa (1997). Medieval Indian Literature: An Anthology, Volume 2. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 361. ISBN 81-260-0365-0.
- ↑ Smith, Bardwell L. (1976). Religion and social conflict in South Asia. International studies in sociology and social anthropology 22. BRILL. pp. 35–39. ISBN 978-90-04-04510-1.
- ↑ Tharamangalam, Joseph (1981). Agrarian Class Conflict: The Political Mobilization of Agricultural Labourers in Kuttanad, South India. Canada: The University of British Columbia. p. 38. ISBN 0-7748-0126-3.
- 1 2 Mathew, George (1989). Communal Road To A Secular Kerala. New Delhi: Ashok Kumar Mittal Concept Publishing Company. pp. 90–110. ISBN 81-7022-282-6.
- ↑ "The Great Malabar Novel". Rediff.com.
- ↑ "The lion in winter: Interview with OV Vijayan 1998".
- ↑ "Thilakan: An honest rebel". Postnoon.
- ↑ "Thilakan". Metromatinee.
- ↑ Nair, Perrunna K. N. "Some prominent leaders of the freedom struggle in Kerala". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ↑ Surendran, P. K. (17 July 2002). "Bridging the Nair-Ezhava divide". Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- 1 2 3 "Return of the warrior". India Today.
- ↑ "Congress’s own clean crusader is back". Indian Express. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "The Rediff Interview: Union Minister Vayalar Ravi 'It is Brahminical arrogance'". Rediff.com.
- ↑ "Coalition of communities rules Kerala". Indian Express. 2012-04-16. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
- ↑ Krishanan IAS, NR (1967). Izhavar Annum Innum. Trissur: Seena Publications. p. 119.
- ↑ Lukose, Ritty A. (2010). "Recasting the Secular: Religion and Education in Kerala, India". In Mines, Diane P.; Lamb, Sarah. Everyday Life in South Asia (2nd ed.). Indiana University Press. pp. 209–210. ISBN 9780253354730.
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