Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai

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Swadeshabhimani. Ramakrishna Pillai
Bust of Pillai in Thiruvananthapuram
Born25 May 1878
Neyyattinkara, Travancore
Died28 March 1916 (aged 37)
Kannur
NationalityIndian
OccupationEditor of Swadeshabhimani
Spouses
  • Nanikutti Amma,
  • B. Kalyani Amma
ChildrenK.Gomathy Amma,
K. Madhavan Nair
Parent(s)Narasimhan Potti, Chakkiamma

K. Ramakrishna Pillai [clarification needed] (1878–1916) was an Indian nationalist writer, journalist, editor, and political activist.[1][2] He edited Swadeshabhimani (The Patriot), the newspaper which became a potent weapon against the rule of the British and the erstwhile princely state of Travancore (Kerala, India) and a tool for social transformation. His criticism of the Diwan of Travancore, P. Rajagopalachari and the Maharajah led to the eventual confiscation of the newspaper. Ramakrishna Pillai was arrested and exiled from Travancore in 1910.[3][4][5][6][7] Vrithantha Pathra Pravarthanam (1912) and Karl Marx (1912) are among his most noted works in Malayalam, Vrithantha Pathra pravarthanam being the first book on journalism in Malayalam[4][8] and Karl Marx, the first ever biography of Karl Marx in any Indian language. But it has been alleged that he plagiarized the biography from an essay, "Karl Marx: A Modern Rishi", by Lala Hardayal, published in 1912 March issue of the Modern Review, published from Kolkata (Ramachandran, Grandalokam, January 2018).[4][9][10][11][12]

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  6. ^ Pillai, Ramakrishna (2007) [1911]. Ende Naadukadathal (5th ed.). D C Books/ Current Books, Kottayam. ISBN 978-81-264-1222-8.
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  11. ^ "Marx comes to India : earliest Indian biographies of Karl Marx / by Lala Hardayal and Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai". Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
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