🎖🎖 KERALA LITERATURE AWARDS

🏆 KERALASAHITHYA ACADEMY AWARD 2024

🔴 Poetry - Anitha Thampi - Muringa Vazha Kariveppu
🔴 Novel - G.R.Indugopan - Aano
🔴 Story - V.Shinilal - Garisappa Aruvi Adhava Oru Jalayatra
🔴 Drama - Sasidharan Naduvil - Pithalashalabham
🔴 Literary Criticism - G.Dileepan - Ramayanathinte Charithrasanchaarangal
🔴 Biography&Autobiography - K.Rajasekharan Nair - Njan Enna Bhavam
🔴 Travelogue - K.R.Ajayan - Arohanam Himalayam
🔴 Humour - Niranjan - Keralathinte Maidhathmakatha
🔴 Children's Literature - E.N.Sheeja - Ammamanamulla Kanivukal
🔴 Scholarly Literature - Deepak.P. - Nirmithabudhikalathe samoohika Rashtreeya Jeevitham
🔴 Translation - Chinju Prakash - Ente Rajyam Ente Shareeram

🏆 KENDRASAHITHYA ACADEMY AWARD

🟡 2025 - Novel - N.Prabhakaran - Mayamanushyar
🟡 2024 - Poetry - K.Jayakumar - Pingalakeshini
🟡 2023 - Study - E.V.Ramakrishnan - Malayala Novalinte Deshakaalangal
🟡 2022 - Criticism - M.Thomas Mathew - Ashante Seethayanam

🏆 EZHUTHACHAN AWARD

✅ 2025 - K.G.Sanakara Pilla
✅ 2024 - N.S.Madhavan
✅ 2023 - S.K.Vasanthan

🏆 ODAKKUZHAL AWARD

🔸 2025 - E.P.Rajagopalan - Ukatha
🔸 2024 - K.Aravindakshan - Gopa
🔸 2023 - P.N.Gopikrishnan - Kavitha Mamsabhojiyanu

🏆 VAYALAR AWARD

🔹 2025 - E.Santhosh Kumar - Thapomayiyude Achan
🔹 2024 - Ashokan Charuvil - Kattoor Kadavu
🔹 2023 - Sreekumaran Thampi - Jeevitham Oru Pendulum

🏆 PATHMAPRABHA AWARD

🔘 2026 - R.Rajashree
🔘 2025 - Alankode Leelakrishnan
🔘 2024 - Rafeek Ahamed

🏆 HARIVARASANAM AWARD

♦️ 2026 - Thiruvizha Jayashankar
♦️ 2025 - Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri
♦️ 2024 - Veeramanidaasan

NB: There are more awards - Try to go through them also. Thank you.

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🔖 CONSTITUTIONAL BODIES - ARTICLES 🔖


🔴Election Commission of India (ECI) - Article 324

🔴Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) - Article 315 to 323

🔴State Public Service Commission (SPSC) - Article 315 to 323

🔴Finance Commission - Article 280

🔴Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) - Article 148

🔴Attorney General of India - Article 76

🔴Advocate General of the State - Article 165

🔴Goods and Services Tax Council (GST Council) - Article 279A

🔴National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) - Article 338

🔴National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) - Article 338A

🔴National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) - Article 338B

🔴Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities - Article 350B

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🇫🇷 FRENCH REVOLUTION 🇫🇷

🚨The Causes: Societal Structure & The Three Estates

🧱 The First Estate (The Clergy / Catholic Church):

🟡Made up less than 1% of the population.
🟡Owned roughly 10% of French land and collected its own taxes (tithes).
🟡Paid virtually zero taxes to the state.

🧱 The Second Estate (The Nobility):

🟡Made up about 2% of the population.
🟡Held the top positions in the government, military, and royal court.
🟡Owned about 25% of the land and paid almost no taxes.

🧱 The Third Estate (Everyone Else):

🟡Made up roughly 97% of the population.
🟡Divided into three sub-groups: the Bourgeoisie, Urban laborers/artisans & Rural peasants.
🟡Bore the entire tax burden of France

👑 Key Monarchs & Figures

🟡King Louis XIV : "I am the State"
🟡King Louis XV : "After me, the Deluge"
🟡King Louis XVI: The monarch of France during the outbreak of the revolution
🟡Marie Antoinette: The Queen of France, originally an Austrian princess (Said - "Let them eat Cake" during a time of food scarcity)
🟡Maximilien Robespierre: Reign of Terror & Jacobian Club

🧠 The Philosophers & Their Ideas

🔴Rousseau
🟡Popular sovereignty & General Will of People
🟡"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."
🟡 The Social Contract - Book

🔴Voltaire
🟡Equality, Humanism, Rationality
🟡Freedom of speech, freedom of religion
🟡Separation of church and state.
🟡"Superstition sets the whole world in flames; philosophy quenches them."

🔴Montesquieu
🟡Separation of powers to prevent tyranny.
🟡Democracy & Republic
🟡The Spirit of Laws - Work

🗓 The Timeline (Major Events)

🟡May 1789 — The Estates-General Meets
🟡June 1789 — The Tennis Court Oath
🟡July 14, 1789 — Storming of the Bastille
🟡August 1789 — Declaration of the Rights of Man: "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity."
🟡1793 to 1794 — The Reign of Terror

🚩The Aftermath & Legacy

🟡The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte: Napoleon staged a coup d'état in 1799
🟡End of Feudalism: Merit began to matter more than noble birth.
🟡Global Spread of Democracy: The revolution proved that absolute monarchies could be overthrown.
🟡Ideas of nationalism, human rights, and liberalism

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🚩 VAIKOM SATYAGRAHAM 🚩

🔠 Basic Overview

🟡Duration: March 30, 1924 – November 23, 1925 (603 days).
🟡Location: Vaikom Shiva Temple, Travancore
🟡Primary Objective: Right of lowered-caste Hindus to walk on the public roads surrounding the Vaikom Shiva Temple.
🟡Significance: It was the first organized anti-caste civil disobedience movement in Kerala and the first major temple entry movement in India.

🔠 Key Background & Precursors

The Problem: Unseeability and Untouchability

🟡Kakinada Congress Session (1923): Passed a resolution to eradicate untouchability
🟡Presented by - T.K.Madhavan
🟡Anti-Untouchability Committee was formed in Kerala.
🟡K. Kelappan was the Convener of the Anti-Untouchability Committee KPCC

🔠 Important Leaders

🟡T.K. Madhavan: The main brain behind the movement
🟡K. Kelappan: Known as "Kerala Gandhi", played a pivotal role in leading the agitation.
🟡K.P. Kesava Menon: KPCC Secretary- Led the first batch of Satyagrahis alongside T.K. Madhavan.
🟡George Joseph: A Syrian Christian leader who actively led the movement
🟡C.V. Kunjuraman: Prominent social reformer and journalist

🔠 Prominent External / National Leaders:

🟡Mahatma Gandhi: Visited Vaikom on March 10, 1925
🟡He held talks with the Regent Queen Sethu Lakshmi Bayi and traditionalist leaders (Indanturuttil Namboothiri).
🟡E.V. Ramasamy (Periyar): He earned the title "Vaikom Veerar" (Hero of Vaikom).
🟡Sree Narayana Guru: Gave his full moral support and financial assistance. He offered his ashram at Vaikom (Velloor) for the use of the satyagrahis and set up a fund for the movement.

🔠 Key Events during the Movement

🟡March 30, 1924: The movement officially began.
🟡The first three volunteers - Kunjappy (Pulaya), Bahuleyan (Ezhava) & Govinda Panicker (Nair).
🟡Savarna Jatha (October 1924): A historic march of upper-caste Hindus organised to support the satyagrahis:
🟡Led by Mannathu Padmanabhan from Vaikom to Trivandrum.
🟡A parallel march was led by Dr. M.E. Naidoo from Nagercoil to Trivandrum.
🟡They submitted a petition signed by over 25,000 upper-caste Hindus to Regent Queen Sethu Lakshmi Bayi requesting road access for everyone.
🟡Akali Jatha: A group of Akali Sikhs came from Punjab to open a public kitchen (langar) to feed the satyagrahis in Vaikom.

🔠 Outcome and Impact

☀️ Travancore government agreed to open three out of the four roads around the temple to all castes in November 1925.

☀️ Temple Entry Proclamation (1936): Vaikom Satyagraha laid the foundational stone for the historic Temple Entry Proclamation issued by Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma on November 12, 1936.

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🎖🎖 KERALA LITERATURE AWARDS

🏆 KERALASAHITHYA ACADEMY AWARD 2024

🔴 Poetry - Anitha Thampi - Muringa Vazha Kariveppu
🔴 Novel - G.R.Indugopan - Aano
🔴 Story - V.Shinilal - Garisappa Aruvi Adhava Oru Jalayatra
🔴 Drama - Sasidharan Naduvil - Pithalashalabham
🔴 Literary Criticism - G.Dileepan - Ramayanathinte Charithrasanchaarangal
🔴 Biography&Autobiography - K.Rajasekharan Nair - Njan Enna Bhavam
🔴 Travelogue - K.R.Ajayan - Arohanam Himalayam
🔴 Humour - Niranjan - Keralathinte Maidhathmakatha
🔴 Children's Literature - E.N.Sheeja - Ammamanamulla Kanivukal
🔴 Scholarly Literature - Deepak.P. - Nirmithabudhikalathe samoohika Rashtreeya Jeevitham
🔴 Translation - Chinju Prakash - Ente Rajyam Ente Shareeram

🏆 KENDRASAHITHYA ACADEMY AWARD

🟡 2025 - Novel - N.Prabhakaran - Mayamanushyar
🟡 2024 - Poetry - K.Jayakumar - Pingalakeshini
🟡 2023 - Study - E.V.Ramakrishnan - Malayala Novalinte Deshakaalangal
🟡 2022 - Criticism - M.Thomas Mathew - Ashante Seethayanam

🏆 EZHUTHACHAN AWARD

✅ 2025 - K.G.Sanakara Pilla
✅ 2024 - N.S.Madhavan
✅ 2023 - S.K.Vasanthan

🏆 ODAKKUZHAL AWARD

🔸 2025 - E.P.Rajagopalan - Ukatha
🔸 2024 - K.Aravindakshan - Gopa
🔸 2023 - P.N.Gopikrishnan - Kavitha Mamsabhojiyanu

🏆 VAYALAR AWARD

🔹 2025 - E.Santhosh Kumar - Thapomayiyude Achan
🔹 2024 - Ashokan Charuvil - Kattoor Kadavu
🔹 2023 - Sreekumaran Thampi - Jeevitham Oru Pendulum

🏆 PATHMAPRABHA AWARD

🔘 2026 - R.Rajashree
🔘 2025 - Alankode Leelakrishnan
🔘 2024 - Rafeek Ahamed

🏆 HARIVARASANAM AWARD

♦️ 2026 - Thiruvizha Jayashankar
♦️ 2025 - Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri
♦️ 2024 - Veeramanidaasan

NB: There are more awards - Try to go through them also. Thank you.

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