mar 1, 1910 - Travancore Govt let Pulaya children into schools 1910

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Ayyankali was one of the first social reformers to come from a Dalit family.

He argued for the right of the farm labourer to be paid in cash rather than in kind. He also demanded rest time for the workers.

He joined Sree Narayana Guru in urging Hindus to get rid of caste-based discrimination.
Ayyankali challenged society by dressing like the upper castes and also driving a bullock cart on the streets.

This protest soon inspired other Dalits to join and there were clashes with the upper classes that retaliated, and riots followed in Southern Kerala called the ‘Chaliyar Riots

On March 1, 1910, just 44 years before Kerala state was born, the Travancore government ordered that Pulaya children be admitted to 'all schools which Ezhava (a numerically dominant caste in Kerala which currently comes in the OBC list) children have...

He got ominated to the Travancore Legislative Assembly, known as the Sree Moolam Popular Assembly or Praja Sabha and became its first Pulaya member.

Ayyankali’s work was also instrumental in Pulaya women gaining the right to cover their upper bodies when in public, which was prohibited for them until about 1916.

Founded the "Sadhu Jana Paripalana Sangham" which propagated education for Dalits.

Mahatma Gandhi met Ayyankali and called him ‘Pulaya king’. Indira Gandhi

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