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Ayyankali was a reformer who strived for the uplift of the depressed classes. He recognized that education is an investment in resolving social inequalities and to improve the social status of the depressed classes. In 1893, Ayyankali broke social prohibitions imposed on avarnas by travelling through the public roads of Venganur in a Villuvandi (a special type of bullock cart). He started the fight for the right of freedom of movement of the depressed classes by travelling through the major roads of Travancore.

Poykayil Sree Kumara Gurudevan propagated his ideologies through songs and speeches that expressed the miseries and agonies of slavery and the protest of the depressed. He was a social reformer who combined knowledge and spirituality for the liberation of the depressed classes.
He fought against caste discrimination and exploitation and founded the organization Pratyaksha Raksha Daiva Sabha for philanthropy, universal brotherhood and world peace.

Vakkom Abdul Khader Maulavi was a reformer who had mastered various languages like Malayalam, Urdu, Arabic, Sanskrit and Persian. He collaborated with the activities of Muslim Aikya Sangham established at Kodungallur. He founded the magazines Muslim and Al Islam and the newspaper Swadeshabhimani to spread the light of knowledge.

Chattampi Swamikal was a philanthropist during this time, who worked for the benefit and well being of human society irrespective of caste and creed. He was born at Kannammoola in Thiruvananthapuram.

Chattampi Swamikals real name was Ayyappan. During his Gurukula days, he was assigned by his Guru the duty to monitor and administer the rules in the Gurukula. Thus he earned the name Chattampi (the one who is assigned to administer the rules) and later came to be known as Chattampi Swamikal.

Chattampi Swamikal was a philanthropist during this time, who worked for the benefit and well being of human society irrespective of caste and creed. He was born at Kannammoola in Thiruvananthapuram.

• He argued for the temple entry of the depressed classes and their freedom of movement.
• He interdined with the depressed classes and worked for their social progress. He opposed the Brahminic domination that existed in the society.

Chattampi Swamikal was a philanthropist during this time, who worked for the benefit and well being of human society irrespective of caste and creed. He was born at Kannammoola in Thiruvananthapuram.

• He argued for the temple entry of the depressed classes and their freedom of movement.
• He interdined with the depressed classes and worked for their social progress. He opposed the Brahminic domination that existed in the society.

Chattampi Swamikal was a philanthropist during this time, who worked for the benefit and well being of human society irrespective of caste and creed. He was born at Kannammoola in Thiruvananthapuram.

• He argued for the temple entry of the depressed classes and their freedom of movement.
• He interdined with the depressed classes and worked for their social progress. He opposed the Brahminic domination that existed in the society.

Edward Percy Stebbing was a pioneering British forester and forest entomologist in India. He was among the first to warn of desertification and desiccation and wrote on "The Forests of India". In 1923, he wrote of the "desert whose power is incalculable and whose silent and almost invisible approach must be difficult to estimate."