Punnapra-Vayalar uprising

Punnapra-Vayalar Uprising
Part of the Communist Movements in Travancore against the Diwan

Memorial to those killed in the Punnapra-Vayalar uprising located near Kalarcode, Alappuzha
DateOctober 1946
Location
Punnapra and Vayalar, Travancore Princely State
Result Victory of the Travancore forces, defeat of the Communist uprising
Belligerents
Kingdom of Travanore Laborers in Punnapra and Vayalar
Communist Party of India
Commanders and leaders

C. P. Ramaswami Iyer

K. Kelappan Nair		 T. V. Thomas, R. Sugathan, S. Kumaran, P.T. Punnoose
Casualties and losses
40 deaths More than 1,000 people dead

The Punnapra-Vayalar uprising (October 1946) was a militant communist movement in the Princely State of Travancore, British India against the Prime Minister, C. P. Ramaswami Iyer and the state. The revolt is named after the two places in which it took place; beginning in Punnapra and ending in Vayalar.

Historians like Prof Sreedhara Menon (though it is claimed that he had retracted his views later) maintain this was a proper struggle against the declaration of 'Independent Travancore' by the then Travancore. However, this argument is weak and totally contested among historians and experts.

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