Accamma Cherian
Indian independence activist (1909-1989)
Akkamma Cherian (14 February 1909 – 5 May 1982) was an Indian independence activist from Travancore (Kerala), India. She was popularly known as the Jhansi Rani of Travancore.
Freedom fighter
In February 1938, the Travancore State Congress was formed and Cherian gave up her teaching career to join the struggle for liberty.
Agitation for a responsible government
Civil disobedience movement
Under the State Congress, the people of Travancore started an agitation for a responsible government. C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar, the Dewan of Travancore, decided to suppress the agitation. On 26 August 1938, he banned the State Congress, which then organised a civil disobedience movement. Prominent State Congress leaders including its president Pattom A. Thanu Pillai were arrested and put behind bars.
Rally to the Kowdiar Palace
Cherian led a mass rally from Thampanoor to the Kowdiar Palace of the Maharaja Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma to revoke a ban on State Congress. The agitating mob also demanded the dismissal of the Dewan, C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar, against whom the State Congress leaders had levelled several charges. The British police chief ordered his men to fire on the rally of over 20,000 people.
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