Born as the son of Velayudhan and Kunhichali at Mayyanad near Kollam in 1871, he stopped his schooling at the eighth standard. He started a school for low caste Hindus at Vellamanal, Mayyanad, Quilon and became its headmaster.

C.V. opened his journalistic career in Sujananadini, published from Paravoor, Quilon. His early writings were more on social affairs. Later, he became the sub-editor.

In 1911, C.V. launched Kerala Kaumudi as a weekly newspaper. He was the proprietor - editor, printer, publisher and even the proofreader!

An untiring activist of SNDP Yogam, he was elected its general secretary in 1928 and 1931. Valmiki Ramayanam, a prose rendering of the great epic, was his first work to come out in print, in 1901. It won him wide acclaim prompting him to write Vyasabharatam and Panchavadi. Meanwhile, Karthikodayam brought out his prowess as a poet.

He had been on the editorial board of Malayala Rajyam, Navajeevan, Navasakthi, Malayala Manorama, Bhashaposhini, Kathamalika, Vivekodayam and Yuktivadi. He had also been a lawyer and a member of Sree Moolam Prajasabha.

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C.V. has been hailed for his role behind the historic Temple Entry Proclamation (1936).

കവിത

• കാർത്തികോദയം
• ശ്രീ പത്മനാഭസന്നിധിയിൽ
• ഈഴവനിവേദനം
• നരലോകം
• ഒരു സന്ദേശം
• സ്വാമിചൈതന്യം
• സ്വാഗതഗാനം

നാടകം

• മാലതീകേശവം

ഗദ്യം

• ഒരു നൂറു കഥകൾ
• എന്റെ ശ്രീകോവിൽ
• ആശാൻ സ്മരണകൾ
• അറബിക്കഥകൾ
• ഷേക്സ്പിയർ കഥകൾ
• രാമദേവനും ജാനകിയും
• വെന്നീസ്സിലെ വ്യാപാരി
• വരലോല
• ഹേമലീല
• കൊടുങ്കാററ്
• വാല്മീകിരാമായണം
• സോമനാഥൻ
• വ്യാസഭാരതം
• രാധാറാണി
• രാമായണകഥ
• കാന്തിമതി
• ലുക്രീസിന്റെ ചാരിത്രഹാനി
• പത്നാദേവി (അപൂർണം)
• രാഗപരിണാമം
• ദുർഗാക്ഷേത്രം (അപൂർണം)പഞ്ചവടി
• നാഗകന്യക (അപൂർണം)
• ഉണ്ണിയാർച്ച
• തുമ്പോലാർച്ച
• മാലുത്തണ്ടാൻ
• ഒരു നൂററാസ്സിനു മുമ്പ്
• ലോകമതങ്ങൾ (തർജ്ജമ)

ചരിത്രം

• കെ. സി. കേശവപിള്ളയുടെ ജീവചരിത്രം
• ഇന്ത്യാ ചരിത്ര സംഗ്രഹം

ആത്മകഥ 

• ഞാൻ 

തൂലികാ നാമങ്ങൾ: ഭാഷാഭിമാനി, സിംഹളൻ, പി.കെ. തിയ്യൻ

Source: http://www.cvkunhuraman.com

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Govindan Paramaswaran Pillai was born in Pallippuram, Thiruvananthapuram, India, in an aristocratic Nair family. He was born on February 2,1864. GP Pillai’s writings were not just against British rulers; he even wrote articles against the autocratic rule of Diwan of Travancore.

G.P. Pillai completed his BA from the University of Madras and later was admitted to The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, popularly known as Middle Temple, in London. Barrister GP Pillai played a major role in the formation of "Malayali Memorial" in 1891. He is also credited for establishing the “Madras Standard” – the first English language newspaper in South India.

 “Indian National Congress Men” and “Represent India” are the two major words of Barrister GP Pillai.

Barrister G.P. Pillai is the only Keralite mentioned in the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi. 

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Moulavi was born in 1873 in Vakkom, Chirayinkil Taluk, Thiruvanthapuram in Travancore.

Maulavi started the Swadeshabhimani newspaper on January 19, 1905, declaring that `the paper will not hesitate to expose injustices to the people in any form`, but on 26 September 1910, the newspaper and press were sealed and confiscated by the British Police.

Maulavi was considered one of greatest reformers in the Kerala Muslim community, and is sometimes referred to as the "Father of muslim renaissance".

The journal ‘Muslim’(1906) was mainly meant for religious reforms of the community and restore the the purity and essence of Islam shorn of all the accretions of superstitious and meaningless rituals and other evil practices. 

‘Al Islam’(1918) in Arabi-Malayalam was begun with the purpose to take his ideas of reform to illiterates in general particularly Muslim women who were steeped in ignorance. It had its intended effect. 

Another Malayalam monthly ‘Deepika’(1931) was begun almost at the evening of his life. The publication had a wide range of interests like education, history, science, literature, philosophy etc. It was his life's ambition to produce a translation of the Quran in Malayalam with his own commentary, but he died on 31 October 1932 before the work was completed.

Thanks & Source: http://www.vmft.org/vakkom-muhammad-abdul-khader-moulavi-1873-1932/ & Wikipedia

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