Manjeri Conference
The Manjeri conference refers to the conference held in the Malabar district by the Indian National conference on 28 and 29 April 1920. The meeting was a part of the anti-colonial struggles of Malabar. The conference was presided over by the then editor of The Hindu newspaper, Kasturi Rankayya. Prominent personalities such as Annie Besant, Manjeri Ramayyar, A Rankaswamy Iyer, K.P Raman Menon, M.P Narayana Menon and Kattilasseri Muhammad Musliyar participated in the meeting. Madhavan Nair was the chief organizer of the conference. He passed a resolution with the support of the majority of the meeting’s participants against the exploitative landlord system of the British. The meeting addressed two significant concerns, Khilafat movements and the plight of the tenants. After this conference that the Khilafat and Non-cooperation movements against the British started working together. The meeting concluded by supporting the ideas of national leaders like M.K Gandhi, Moulana Muhammad Ali and Moulana Shoukath Ali.