K. Kunhambu
| K. Kunhambu | |
|---|---|
 K. Kunhambu | |
| Born |
2 July 1919 Panoor |
| Died | 24 April 2004 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Spouse(s) | K.P.SIVAMBAL |
K.Kunhambu (2 July 1919 – 24 April 2004) was born in North Malabar, Panoor. His date of birth is 2 July 1919, according to school records. He was an active participant in India's Freedom Struggle in its later decades.
Early life
Being a student in Malabar region during the 1930s, he was much aware of the political scenario of the region and the Indian Nation as well. Realizing the students' role in it, as a student he himself joined in the political activities of the congress party in the region. In 1939 he passed his Eighth Class and started his career as a Teacher-untrained. During this period he was an active worker and coordinator of the Khadi Development Program of the congress party in the region.
An active youth
K. Kunhambu was very active in the Malabar region of Southern India during the Quit India Movement of 1942. By the middle of the year 1942 he was taking the role of a revolutionary activist and coordinated such activities in the region. On 2 September 1942 he was arrested and sentenced for two months imprisonment and was sent to kannur central jail and was released on 10 November 1942.
In the year 1943 he was busy with the Grama Seva Sangham activities as an Executive Committee member of the same. When there was the terrible attack of Cholera in Malabar region during the Monsoon season of 1943, K. Kunhambu and these activists coordinated the Cholera Relief Activities in the region which was a huge effort for them.
He was arrested by the British Indian police as he had presided the banned 12th Meeting of Akhila Kerala Congress held at Maananchira Square, Calicut, on 26 January 1944. As a result, he spent 3 years in Alipore Central Jail(AliporeJail Alipore Jail) as a political prisoner (admitted as 9218 C class prisoner on 30 January 1944).
After independence
After India achieved her independence he led his life following Gandhian principles and worked as a teacher and one of the Social reformers of Sarvodaya Movement in a remote village named Perur in a rural area of South Malabar near Ottappalam.
He was a teacher in Gandhi Seva Sadan, Perur. (It was founded in 1953 by the (late) Gandhian and freedom fighter K. Kumaran in the present form. A prototype of which had been existent since 1945 and K. Kunhambu came to Perur to join with the organisation in April 1948.)
With Bhoodan movement
During the time of Bhoodan Movement led by AacharyaVinoba Bhave, he actively participated in it and worked for the welfare of the poor landless people in the remote villages in Bihar.
After his return from Bihar, in Kerala, he participated in Mr Sankara Rao's Kerala Bhoodana Padayaathra.
Death
Brahmasri K. Kunhambu died on 24 April 2004.