Kannur District has played an emportent rol in all the political
movements of recent times. The Indian National Congress, which was
founded in 1885, captured the attention of the people of this district
from Kannur district has played an important role in all the political
movements its very inception. A district committee came into existence
in Malabar in 1908. A branch of the All India Home Rule League, founded
by Dr.Annie Beasant, functioned in Thalassery during this period and
among its active workers was V .K. Krishna Menon.
The decision of the Nag pur Congress to give up constitutional methods
of agitation and resort to Non- Violent Non Co-operation as a means
of achieving Swaraj, led to widespread boycott of foreign goods, courts
of law and educational institutions in Kannur .
Mahatma Ghandhi and Maulana Shaukat Ali toured the district to carry
the message of the Non-Co-operation and Khilaphat Movements. The Khilaphat
movement coincided with the famous Malabar Rebellion of 1921 which
was put down by the British with an iron hand.
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