K. P. Kesava Menon

In this Malayali name, the surname is Kizhakke Potta.
K. P. Kesava Menon
Menon in 1937
Born(1886-09-01)1 September 1886
Tharoor, Malabar District, Madras Presidency, British India (present day Palakkad, India)
Died9 November 1978(1978-11-09) (aged 92)
Occupations
SpouseLaxmi Nethyaramma
Children5
RelativesK. P. Udayabhanu (nephew)

Kizhakke Potta Kesava Menon (1 September 1886 – 9 November 1978) was an Indian nationalist, idealist and Indian independence activist.[1][2] Menon was the founder of Mathrubhumi, a popular daily newspaper which earned the second place in circulation in Kerala. In 1924, he led the Vaikom Satyagraha in Travancore. He was awarded the third highest civilian honour, Padma Bhushan, by the Government of India in 1966.[3] He was conferred with an honorary doctorate (D.Litt) posthumously by University of Calicut in 1987.[4]

  1. ^ Who is who of Freedom Fighters in Kerala — K. Karunakaran Nair -Regional Records Survey Committee, Kerala State, 1975 - Kerala – page 212
  2. ^ "K.P.Kesava Menon | Kerala Media Academy". keralamediaacademy.org. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. ^ "University of Calicut Former Honorary Degree Recipients" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2020.