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
Date	October 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.^[1] 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^[2] (though it is claimed that he had retracted his views later^[3]) maintain this was a proper struggle against the declaration of 'Independent Travancore' by the then Travancore.

^ Manorama Yearbook 2011, ISSN 0970-9096
^ page 373, 374, A Survey of Kerala History by Prof. Sreedhara Menon, S. Viswanathan Printers and Publishers, Madras, 1996,
^ D, Jose (1997). "Punnapra Vayalar violence can't be part of freedom struggle". Rediff On The Net. Retrieved 4 April 2014.

[ReferenceA-1] Manorama Yearbook 2011, ISSN 0970-9096

[2] 373, 374, A Survey of Kerala History by Prof. Sreedhara Menon, S. Viswanathan Printers and Publishers, Madras, 1996,

[3] D, Jose (1997). "Punnapra Vayalar violence can't be part of freedom struggle". Rediff On The Net. Retrieved 4 April 2014.

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