27/10/2026
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Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Punnapra-Vayalar struggle, a resistance movement led by the organised working class of Alleppey (Alappuzha) and the Communist Party against medieval oppression by landlords, exploitation by coir factory owners, and the autocratic rule of the dewan of the princely state of Travancore.
The sacrifices of the hundreds of martyrs who died in Punnapra and Vayalar and of the thousands who had to undergo many sufferings were not in vain. The struggle led to the beginning of the process which led to the formation of the unified linguistic state of Keralam.