Which prominent communist leader and freedom fighter organized the 'Kayyur Riot' peasant struggles in North Malabar during the 1940s, culminating in the execution of four young peasant activists?

💡 Solution & Explanation

K.P.R. Gopalan was a stalwart of the Communist Party and peasant movement in Malabar who faced death sentences (later commuted) for his role in nationalist uprisings, while the specific Kayyur struggle of 1941 saw four peasant youth executed for the death of a policeman during protests. A.K. Gopalan and P. Krishna Pillai organized the Congress Socialist Party and later the CPI, and E.M.S. was a theoretician and the first Chief Minister. The Kayyur martyrs became enduring symbols of anti-feudal peasant resistance in Kerala history.