# 100th Anniversary of Samastha Kerala

The 100th Anniversary of Samastha Kerala refers to the events organized in 2024 to commemorate the centennial of the Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, The two-year-long celebrations were inaugurated on 28 January 2024 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India and will continue till 8 February 2026.

## Official celebrations

* January 2024 - Commencement of the 100th anniversary celebration Inauguration at Bengaluru
Celebrations of the 100th anniversary of Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama, which will be held from February 6 to 8, 2026, have begun in Bengaluru. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the 100th anniversary function at Bengaluru Palace grounds on 28 January 2024.

## Action Plans

Six action plans were announced at the inaugural meeting. Samasta President Muhammad Jifri Muthukkoya Thangal announced the plans. They announced the six projects decided in the Samasta Kendra Mushavara meeting.
* Formulating and implementing new projects at the national and international level to spread the ideals of the Holy Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamaah
* Formation of coordination committee at international level to coordinate activities of Samasta at national and international levels.
* Starting a Higher education institution in Bengaluru.
* Formulation of necessary plans to extend the existing educational systems of Samasta to more areas.
* Designing and implementing projects with more emphasis on socio-cultural philanthropic activities.
* Introduction of new systems in the field of instruction subject to the ideals of Ahlus Sunnati Wal Jamaat

## History of Samastha (1924–1951)

| Event Date | Event Notes | Place | leadership presence |
| 1926 June 26 | 'Samastha' Founding Conference | Town Hall, Kozhikode | Sayyid Hashim Cherukunhikkoya Thangal |
| 1927 February 7 | 'Samastha' First Conference | Tanur | Liyauddeen Hazrath (Nalir Bakhiyaath) |
| 1927 December 31 | 'Samastha' Second Conference | Molur. | Pangil Ahmed Kutty Musliyar |
| 1929 January 7 | Samastha' Third Conference | Chemmankuzhy (Vallappuzha) | Moulana Muhammad Abdul Bari |
| 1929 January 7 | Samastha' Mushavara decided to publish a daily | Chemmankuzhy (Vallappuzha). | Moulana Muhammad Abdul Bari |
| 1929 December 10 | Samastha' Published a first daily in the name of 'Al Bayaan'. | | K V Muhammad Musliyar(Editor & Publisher) |
| 1930 March 17 | Samastha' 4th Conference | Mannarkkad | Vellengara Muhammad Musliyar |
| 1931 March 11 | Samastha' 5th Conference | Velliyancheri | Karimbanakkal Ahmad Musliyar. |
| 1932 June | Pangil Ahmad Kutty Musliyar appointed as President of 'Samastha | | |
| 1933 | Samastha' 6th Conference | Feroke. | Shihabuddeen Ahmed Koya. |
| 1934 November 14 | Bailo of 'Samastha' Registered | Kozhikkode District Registrar Office. | |
| 1945 May 27,28 | Samastha' 16th Conference | Karyavattam | |
| 1945 August 1 | 'Samastha' decided to publish a publication under 'Samastha' | | |
| 1947 March 15,16,17 | 'Samastha' 17th Conference | Meenchantha (Kozhikkode) | |
| 1949 March 30 | Pathi Abdul Khadir Musliyar reached | Malabar | |
| 1949 September 1 | 'Samastha' Mushavara decided to establish Madrasa in each Mahallu | Sayyid Abdurahman Bafakhy Thangal. |
| 1949 October 16 | 'Samastha' appointed to establish first Madrasa and Dars 2 Organizers | Vallappuzha | K P Usman Sahib, N K Ayamu Musliyar Vallappuzha. |
| 1950 April 29,30 | 'Samastha' 18th Conference | Valancheri | DNA |
| 1950 April 30 | Samastha' appointed K P Usman Sahib as 'Samastha' Office Secretary | Samastha' Office | |
| 1950 October | Al Bayaan' started republishing | Valakkulam | *Kaderi Muhammad Musliyar Publisher: K P Usman Sahib. |
| 1951 March 23,24,25 | 'Samastha' 19th Conference | Vatakara. | Moulana Muhammad Habeebulla. |
| 1951 March 24 | Paravanna Muhyuddeen Kutty Musliyar appointed as 'Samastha' Secretary | |
| 1951 September 17 | 'Samastha' Prathinidhi Conference | Valakkulam | |
| 1951 September 17 | SKIMVB formed | | |
| 1951 September 17 | Madrasa Syllabus Committee formed | | Members: Moulana Paravanna Muhyuddeen Kutty Musliyar, K V Muthukoya Thangal, K M Kunhimoosa Musliyar, O Abdurahman Musliyar, P Aboobakkar Nizami. |
| 1951 October 28 | SKIMVB meeting approved Madrasa Syllabus to Std. 1 to 5 | | |
| 1951 October 28 | SKIMVB meeting approved Bylaw of SKIMVB | | |
| 1951 October 28 | SKIMVB meeting decided to register Madrasas | | |
| 1951 October 28 | SKIMVB meeting formed Text Book Committee to make text book | | |

## History

Samastha organised a host of public conferences at various places to spread their message. Facing an opposition of secularly educated people, journalists, advocates and neo-scholars who had been fruitfully utilising all means from public meetings to publications to propagate their reformist ideologies and to brand traditionalists as courting shirk, Samastha leaders were compelled to come out to defend themselves against the allegations and to explain its views. Systematically held public conferences and anniversaries increased Samasthas popularity, kept the majority of Mappila Muslims in their fold, and restricted the inroads of reformist ideologies. In the first 25 years, Samastha focused its agenda on conducting public conferences, dialogues and ideological conflicts. Between 1927 and 1944, it convened 15 annual conferences at various places attracting immense public attention. 70th year Anniversary E.K Aboobacker musliar addressing the crowd The 16th conference held at Karyavattam was important as since then Samastha started to keep records and registers of all activities, resolutions and decisions scientifically. After that, the frequency of the huge public conferences decreased mainly because the organisation had tightened its foundation and fortress by 1950s and it had formed many sub committees and subordinate organisations to deal with different issues. In next 40 years, it conducted next eight conferences.
* 1985–1996
The 24th and 25th conferences held at Calicut seashore in 1985 and 1996 were widely appreciated for the largest gatherings the town ever witnessed, for the discipline and obedience the huge crowd displayed, for the resolutions, topics and issues the conference sessions discussed, and for the attention both drew from non-Muslim, political and government circles.
* 2002 – Samastha celebrated its platinum jubilee holding public conferences at five major cities across the state Kasargod, Calicut, Thrissur, Kollam and Tiruvanandapuram.
* 26 February 2012 – The Samastha 85th conferences held at Kooriyad, Malappuram
* 11 February 2016 – The Samastha 90th conferences held at Alappuzha