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23 march 1938 cheranalloor , india india 24 may 1885 black-and-white wearing a white turbin . portrait of a man in a business suit pandit karuppan.jpeg pandit karuppan
 pandit k.p. karuppan poet , dramatist , social reformer
pandit karuppan

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 rights of lower-caste people , who at that time were not even permitted to enter ernakulam .
