THE GREATEST KERALlTE OF 20TH CENTURY

SREE NARAYANA GURU (1856 - 1928)

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QUOTES ABOUT SREE NARAYANA GURU

BOOKS ABOUT SREE NARAYANA GURU

DR. PALPU (1863 - 1950)

'ORU RAJYA SNEHI'

BARRISTER G.P. PILLAI (1864 - 1903)

■ BARRISTER G.P. PILLAI O 

C.KRISHNAN (1867-1938)

C.V.KUNJIRAMAN (1871-1949)

C.V.RAMAN AS EDITOR 

C.V. KUNJIRAMAN

KUMARAN ASAN (1873-1924)

*Born on  -  April 12,1873

*Born at - Kayikkara (Thiruvananthapuram)

*Father - Narayanan Perungudi

*Mother - Kaali

*Spouse -Bhanumathi

*House Name - Thommanvilakam Veedu

*Childhood Name - Kumaru

*Died on - January 16,1924

*The poet of renaissance

Ans : Kumaran Asan

*The only poet in Malayalam who became 'mahakavi'without writing a'Mahakavyam'

Kumaran Asan

*The prefix 'Mahakavi' was awarded to him by

Ans : Madras University in 1922

*Kumaran Asan was a disciple of

Ans : Sree Narayana Guru

*The Sanskrit teacher of Asan

Ans : Udayankuzhi Kochuraman Vaidyar

*Kumaran asan undertook a studentship in Poetry under

Ans : Manamboor Govindan Asan

*Asan is one of the modern Triumvirate.

*First poet to become a member in Travancore Legislative Council

Ans : Kumaran Asan

*First Secretary of SNDP

Ans : Kumaran Asan

*He started the Mouthpiece of SNDP 'Vivekodayam' in

Ans : 1904

*Founder editor of Vivekodayam (along with M.Govindan Nair, the official editor)

Ans : Kumaran Asan

*Kumaran Asan was called as 'Chinna Swami' by

Ans : Dr. Palpu

*The founder of 'Sarada Book Depot'

Ans : Kumaran Asan

*First book printed and published from Sarada Book Depot

Ans : Subrahmanya Shatakam

*The work written by Asan for children

Ans : Balaramayanam

*The poem written by Asan on the inspiration he got from the work 'Laila Majnu'

Ans : Leela

*Kumaran Asan was appointed a member of Legislative Council of Travancore in

Ans : 1909

* Kumaran Asan became the member of Sree Moolam Praja Sabha in 

Ans : 1913

*Kumaran Asan resigned from SNDP and became the member of Legislative Assembly in 

Ans : 1920

*Kumaran Asan authored 'Divyakokilam'

as a tribute to

Ans : Rabindranath Tagore

*'Divyakokilam' was first sung by

Ans : C. Kesavan

*The poem written by Asan on Vanchippatt metre (Vanchippatt Vrutham)

Ans : Karuna

*Last work of Kumaran Asan

Ans : Karuna

*The Prize was instituted in

Ans : 1985

*The Prize was begun to distribute from

Ans : 1989

*It is given annually to honour outstanding poets of

Ans : Malayalam language

*Prize Amount

Ans : Rs-50000/-

*First Winner  

Ans : N.N.Kakkad

*2nd Winner -

Ans : Yusufali Kechery

*ONV Kurup got the award in

Ans :  1993

*In 2015   

Ans : Chemmanam Chacko

*First woman winner 

Ans : Sugathakumary 

*The work of Kumaran Asan which describes the story of Mathangi

Ans : Chandala Bhikshuki

*The introduction of the poem Nalini was written by

Ans : A.R.Raja Raja Varma

*The short poetry written by Kumaranasan

Ans : Kalakanda Geetham

*The first magazine in which the poems of Asan were published

Ans : Sujananandini

VEEN A POOVU

THE PLAYS OF KUMARANASAN 

*Vichitravijayam

*Mrithinjayam

*Kumaranasan was honoured by 'Prince of Wales' in

Ans : 1922

*The person who translated the dialogue between Rabindranath Tagore and Guru when Tagore visited Sree Narayana Guru at Sivagiri in 1922

Ans : Kumaran Asan

*The founder of Union Tiles Works

Ans : Kumaran Asan

*Kumaran Asan died at the age of 51 in Redeemer boat accident in

Pallana River, Alappuzha

*The spot where Asan met his death is known as

Ans : Kumarakodi

*Asan Memorial is situated at

Ans : Thonnackal (Thiruvananthapuram 1958)

*Kumaran Asan appeared in the Indian postal stamp on

Ans : April 12,1973 (the 100th birth

anniversary)

*Who called Kumaran Asan as 'Viplavathinte Sukranakshatram'

Ans : Joseph Mundassery (in his book titled Manushyakadhaanugaayikal)

*Who called Kumaran Asan as 'Divya Kokilam'

Ans : Dr. Leelavathy

VAKKOM ABDUL KHADAR MOULAVI (1873 - 1932)

*Born on - December 28,1873

*Bom at Vakkom (Thiruvananthapuram)

*Father Muhammad Kunju

*Mother Aash Beevi

*Spouse Aamina Ummal

*House Name - Poonthran Vilakam

*Died on October 31,1932

*Father of Muslim renaissance in Kerala 

Ans : Vakkom Abdul Khadar Moulavi 

*He is popularly known as 

Ans : Vakkom Moulavi

*Vakkom Moulavi was the founder of the Newspaper

Ans : 'Swadeshabhimani' 

*Swadeshabhimani Newspaper started on 

Ans : January 19,1905 from Anchuthengu

*Vakkom Moulavl Centre for Studies and Research is situated in Calicut

*He Published the Journal 'Muslim' in

Ans : 1906

*He published the Arabi Muslim Journal 'Al Islam' in

Ans : 1918

*In 1922, Aikya Muslim Sangam was founded by Vakkom Moulavi in

Ans : Kodungalloor

*Islamia Publishing House was founded in 1931 by

Ans : Vakkom Moulavi

*Vakkom Moulavi published the magazine 'Deepika' in

Ans : 1931

*In Deepika magazine, Vakkom Moulavi serialized the Malayalam translation of '

Ans : Quran

*The organization started by Vakkom Moulavi on the model of SNDP

Ans : Islam Dharma Paripalana Sangham

*Founded by Vakkom Moulavi

*Chirayinkeezh Muslim Mahajana Sabha

*Chirayinkeezh Taluk Muslim Samajam

*Dharmaposhini Sabha

*'All Travancore Muslim Mahajana Sabha'

*'Muslim Aikya Sangam' (Kodungalloor) . 

*Islam Dharma Paripalana Sangham .

SWADESHABHIMANI - 1905

* Vakkom Moulavi started the newspaper Swadeshabhimani on 

Ans : January 19,1905 

*First editor of Swadeshabhimani C.P. Govinda Pillai

* Second editor of Swadeshabhimani 

Ans : Ramakrishna Pillai (1906) 

*The year in which the newspaper was moved from Chirayinkeezhu to Thiruvananthapuram 

Ans : 1907

*The newspaper banned in 

Ans : 1910 

*due to the criticisms against the Government and the Diwan of Travancore

Ans : Swadeshabhimani 

* Who was the Diwan of Travancore in 1910

Ans : P. Rajagopatachari 

* The editor Ramakrishna Pillai was exiled from Travancore to Tirunelveli on

Ans : September 26,1910 

* The newspaper Swadeshabhimani was banned on

Ans : September 26,1910    

MOORKOTH KUMARAN (1874-1941)