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• K.P. Karuppan was born on 24 May 1885, at Cheranelloor, near Ernakulam into a lower middle class family of Dheevara fishermen community to Paapu and Kochu Pennu. the family was known for its skills in toxicology and for treating snakebite victims

• Pandit Karuppan was a poet, dramatist, and social reformer who lived in Kerala, India.

• Pandit Karuppan emerged from Ernakulam of Cochin State as a relentless crusader against untouchability and social evils.

• He was called the “Lincoln” of Kerala for steering socio-economically and educationally backward communities to the forefront.
• Hailing from a community of inland fishermen who engaged in localised fishing in backwaters and rivers, Karuppan became a Sanskrit scholar, poet and dramatist of repute.
• As the first human rights activist of the Cochin State, he used his literary skill and organizational ability to combat illiteracy, social injustice, casteism, and superstitions.
• He campaigned for the empowerment of backward caste people, who at that time were not even permitted to enter Ernakulam.