T. Subrahmanian Thirumump (Aged 78) also spelled as Thirumunp, was born on 12 June 1906 in Kerala, India. He was a poet, freedom fighter, and one of the earliest communist leaders from Kerala. During the Indian independence movement, he wrote many patriotic songs, and later in his life, he translated many famous Sanskrit works into Malayalam.
Although born into a Brahminical family, he was soon drawn into the national independence movement and took part in many struggles, including the Salt Satyagraha and the Guruvayoor Satyagraha. He was even imprisoned for participating in the freedom movement, and his relatives expelled him from the community for going to jail.
Thirumump wrote the patriotic songs sung at the Salt Satyagraha procession at Payyanur, and his wife Karthyanikuttyamma was also a communist and freedom fighter. He volunteered at the Fourth State Congress of the Congress held at Payyanur in 1928 and was a leader of the Sawarna Jatha associated with the Guruvayoor Temple Satyagraha. Communist leader and first chief minister of Kerala E.M.S. Namboodiripad had called him padunna padaval (literally meaning singing sword) for inspiring the masses with his progressive ideals. AKG honored him by giving the ‘Lenin mudra.’
Thirumump was one of the main leaders behind the farmers’ struggles led by the Communist Party in North Malabar. During World War II, he was imprisoned again for making anti-war speeches in Kayyur and Thuruthi and was incarcerated in Kannur Jail and Bellari Jail. He was awarded positions such as Bhaktakavi Tilak, Vidyarathanam, and Sahitya Nipunan.
In 2020, in his memory, the Government of Kerala started the construction of the TS Thirumump Cultural Complex at Kasargod Madikai. The school TS Thirumunp Smaraka Vidyalaya in Thrikaripur Kasargod district is named after him. He passed away on 29 November 1984.
T. Subrahmanian Thirumump
(1906 – 1984) – (Kerala)
T. Subrahmanian Thirumump (Aged 78) also spelled as Thirumunp, was born on 12 June 1906 in Kerala, India. He was a poet, freedom fighter, and one of the earliest communist leaders from Kerala. During the Indian independence movement, he wrote many patriotic songs, and later in his life, he translated many famous Sanskrit works into Malayalam.
Although born into a Brahminical family, he was soon drawn into the national independence movement and took part in many struggles, including the Salt Satyagraha and the Guruvayoor Satyagraha. He was even imprisoned for participating in the freedom movement, and his relatives expelled him from the community for going to jail.
Thirumump wrote the patriotic songs sung at the Salt Satyagraha procession at Payyanur, and his wife Karthyanikuttyamma was also a communist and freedom fighter. He volunteered at the Fourth State Congress of the Congress held at Payyanur in 1928 and was a leader of the Sawarna Jatha associated with the Guruvayoor Temple Satyagraha. Communist leader and first chief minister of Kerala E.M.S. Namboodiripad had called him padunna padaval (literally meaning singing sword) for inspiring the masses with his progressive ideals. AKG honored him by giving the ‘Lenin mudra.’
Thirumump was one of the main leaders behind the farmers’ struggles led by the Communist Party in North Malabar. During World War II, he was imprisoned again for making anti-war speeches in Kayyur and Thuruthi and was incarcerated in Kannur Jail and Bellari Jail. He was awarded positions such as Bhaktakavi Tilak, Vidyarathanam, and Sahitya Nipunan.
In 2020, in his memory, the Government of Kerala started the construction of the TS Thirumump Cultural Complex at Kasargod Madikai. The school TS Thirumunp Smaraka Vidyalaya in Thrikaripur Kasargod district is named after him. He passed away on 29 November 1984.
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