M Kunjikannan Politician

Mavilodan Kunjikannan (Malayalam: മാവിലോടന്‍ കുഞ്ഞികണ്ണന്‍) (3 March 1926 – 30 June 2010), popularly known as Kunjikannan Mash or Kunjikannan Master, was a journalist, Gandhian, and educational and social activist among tribals in Wayanad district of Kerala, India. He wrote for the Malayalam language newspaper Mathrubhumi starting in 1970. He also worked as reporter for Thozhilali, a newspaper published in Thrissur, Kerala. He was president of Kalpetta Girijan Co-Operative Society, and was a member of the Kerala Tribal Board, the State Orphanage Control Board and the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee.

Personal facts

Birth dateJuly 09, 1926
Birth place
Kannur , Kerala , British Raj
Date of deathJune 30, 2010
Place of death
India , Kerala

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officejournalist Gandhian educational and social activist

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External resources

  1. http://www.mathrubhumi.com/story.php?id=110321