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PK Kunju Sahib: The Beacon of Empowerment Through Education
PK Kunju Sahib: The Beacon of Empowerment Through Education
PK Kunju Sahib: The Beacon of Empowerment Through Education
K Kunju Sahib
His major contributions to the field of
Education and Development of the Society
Life Sketch
Al-Haj P.K.Kunju Sahib, the doyen of Indian Politics, was born in the
year 1906 in the illustrious family of Puthenpurayil, in Kayamkulam.
He had inherited all the princely splendour and luxury of his family.
After securing basic education he joined Aligarh Muslim University for
his graduate studies.
Inspired by the call for Swaraj and Gandhian thoughts Kunju Sahib
became an ardent follower of Gandhiji. Leaving aside the princely life
style, Kunju Sahib set forth organizing the illiterate and down-trodden
minorities for the freedom movement.
He was member of the Kerala State Assembly for 7 times and was
minister of Kerala State Twice, in 1952 and 1967. He had served as the
first chairman of the Kerala Wakf Board in 1962.
Life Sketch
Contributions
He was the first leader who organized the workers and founded the trade
union in Kerala, Employees State Insurance & Kerala Financial
Enterprises.
Contributions