The K.P .C.C. gave a call to the people of Malabar to observe September
15, 1940 as Anti-Imperialist Day. The action was disapproved by the
Congress High Command, but there were meetings and demonstrations
all over Malabar on this day. Kannur district was the centre of this
agitation. There were violent clashes between the people and the police
at several places and lathicharge and firing were resorted to by the
police to meet the situation. Two young men were killed in a clash
between amob and a police party at Morazha. In connection with the
latter incident, K.P .R. Gopalan, a prominent communist, was arrested
on a charge of murder and later sentenced to death. But, owing to
the intervention of several top ranking political leaders including
Mahatma Ghandhi, the death penalty was not carried out.
The 'Quit India' Movement of August 1942 also had its echoes in Kannur
district. A socialist group among the Congress workers under Dr .
K.B. Menon, provided leadership to the movement.
In 1945, at the end of the War, the Congress leaders were released
from prison. The Muslim League had by this time become a decisive
force in Malabar politics. It supported the demand of the All India
Muslim League for the partition of India.
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