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| birth_date = 1954
| birth_place = [[Cherai]], [[Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]], India
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| occupation = Historian, journalist, activist
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| notable_works = ''Kayal Sammelanam Rekhakaliloode''<br> ''Thathri Samrthavicharam - Sampoornna Rekhakalum Padanangalum''<br>''Kaalasaasanakalkku Keezhadangatha Dakshayani Velayudhan''<br>''Ayyankali Prasthanam Rekhakaliloode''
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'''Cherai Ramadas''' (born 1954) is an Indian historian, journalist and activist from the south Indian state of [[Kerala]].<ref name="Thathreesmarthavicharam - Author Profile">{{Cite web |title=Thathreesmarthavicharam - Author Profile |url=https://dcbookstore.com/books/thaathreesmaarthavicharam-sampoorna-reghakalum-padanangalum |access-date=2025-08-11}}</ref> He is known for his historical writings and journalistic activities.<ref name="Cherai Ramadas - Truecopy Think">{{Cite web |title=Cherai Ramadas - Truecopy Think |url=https://truecopythink.media/contributor/64014fb1-7e53-4ca8-ae1a-496cc0721d91 |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=truecopythink.media |language=en-us}}</ref>

Ramadas, who started out as an activist aligned to the [[Communism in Kerala|Communist movement in Kerala]] at the age of 18, later turned to history and journalism.<ref name="Thathreesmarthavicharam - Author Profile" /> He founded the magazine ''Uparodham'' in 1987 and served as its editor and publisher.<ref name="Speaker: Cherai Ramadas - Kerala Literature Festival 2025">{{Cite web |title=Speaker: Cherai Ramadas - Kerala Literature Festival 2025 |url=https://www.keralaliteraturefestival.com/speakerview/390/cherayi-ramadas |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=www.keralaliteraturefestival.com}}</ref> He is the author of ''Kaala Shasanakalkku Keezhadangatha Dakshayani Velayudhan'' (Dakshayani Velayudhan, who refused to succumb to the dictates of the times), a biography of [[Dakshayani Velayudhan]], the first [[Dalit]] woman to be elected to [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]].<ref name="Book on unsung life of woman who broke iron ceiling of caste in Kerala">{{Cite web |last=Abraham |first=Rajesh |date=2023-07-04 |title=Book on unsung life of woman who broke iron ceiling of caste in Kerala |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/Jul/04/book-on-unsung-life-of-woman-who-broke-iron-ceiling-of-caste-in-kerala-2591094.html |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Book capturing Dakshayani Velayudhan’s life sketches, legislative debates, released">{{Cite web |last=The Hindu |date=2023-06-17 |title=Book capturing Dakshayani Velayudhan’s life sketches, legislative debates, released |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/book-capturing-dakshayani-velayudhans-life-sketches-legislative-debates-released/article66980701.ece |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref> He compiled the documents and details of the sensational sexual inquisition of [[Kuriyedathu Thatri]] in 1905,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramadas |first=Cherai |title=SEXUAL INQUISITION (Introduction): " Smaartha Vichaaram " in colonial Kerala, India |url=https://www.amazon.in/SEXUAL-INQUISITION-Introduction-Smaartha-Vichaaram-ebook/dp/B094D1TP6R/ref=sr_1_6?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lH5e6FtP1ETkSdObmw7nPLwe2W0MN3WQNqfx45dZmCx3nKfCA66fKk9LuAHITr1C.-Aq5Px9hAa-meYG1sb713-mYEo9QCFiCirR2edGG_mg&dib_tag=se&qid=1754809997&refinements=p_27%3ACHERAYI+RAMADAS&s=books&sr=1-6 |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=Amazon}}</ref> which was later brought out as a book in 2023, under the title, ''Thaathreesmarthavicharam: Sampoornna Reghakalum Padanangalum'' (Thaathreesmarthavicharam, Complete Documents and Studies).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rāmadās |first=Cer̲āyi |title=Thaathreesmarthavicharam: Sampoornna Reghakalum Padanangalum |date=2023 |publisher=DC Books |isbn=978-93-5732-054-2 |location=Kottayam, Kerala State, India |language=ml |trans-title=Thaathreesmarthavicharam, Complete Documents and Studies}}</ref> He also contributed to the reprinting of ''[[Sankarasmriti|Sankara Smriti]]'' in 2017 by serving as its editor.<ref name="Cherai Ramadas - Truecopy Think" /> ''Kayal Sammelanam Rekhakaliloode'', ''Ariyappedatha Da Vinci'', ''Ambedkarude Maranam'', ''Avarnnapaksa Rachanakal'' and ''Ayyankalykku Aadarathode'' are some of his other books.<ref name="Kayal Sammelanam Rekhakaliloode">{{Cite web |title=Kayal Sammelanam Rekhakaliloode |url=https://keralabookstore.com/book/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D-%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%82-%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%96%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86/20417/ |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=KeralaBookStore.com |language=ml}}</ref><ref name="Ariyappedatha Da vinci">{{Cite web |last=Ramdas Cherayi |date=1999 |title=Ariyappedatha Da vinci |url=https://opac.ssus.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=2879%2520thumbnail-shelfbrowser |access-date=2025-08-10 |publisher=Hindustan}}</ref><ref name="MAKING SENSE OF DALIT HISTORY: LOCATING SEEDIAN AS AN ARCHIVE">{{Cite journal |last=Rajesh Komath & Sudheesh CP |date=2022 |title=MAKING SENSE OF DALIT HISTORY: LOCATING SEEDIAN AS AN ARCHIVE |journal=Journal of Human Sciences |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=46}}</ref> His latest work, ''Ayyankali Prasthanam Rekhakaliloode'', is a 942 pages book which includes 821 documents related to the [[Ayyankali]] tradition.<ref name="Ayyankali Prasthanam Rekhakaliloode">{{Cite web |title=Ayyankali Prasthanam Rekhakaliloode |url=https://www.bookstorebooks.com/product/ayyankali-prasthanam-6288 |access-date=January 29, 2026 |website=Book Store}}</ref>

== Books ==
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* {{Cite book |last=Ramadas |first=Cherai |url=https://www.bookstorebooks.com/product/ayyankali-prasthanam-6288 |title=Ayyankali Prasthanam Rekhakaliloode |publisher=DC Books |year=2025 |isbn=9789370988514 |page=942 |language=ml}}
* {{Cite web |last=Ramadas |first=Cherai |year=2023 |title=Thaathreesmarthavicharam |url=https://dcbookstore.com/books/thaathreesmaarthavicharam-sampoorna-reghakalum-padanangalum |publisher=DC Books |pages=584 |language=ml |isbn=9789357320542}}
* {{Cite web |last=Ramadas |first=Cherai |last2=Vallarpadam |first2=Bhuvaneswari |year=2023 |title=Kaala Shaasanakalkku Keezhatangaaththa Daakshaayany Velaayudhan |url=https://www.amazon.in/Kaala-Shaasanakalkku-Keezhatangaaththa-Daakshaayany-Velaayudhan/dp/9392199600/ref=sr_1_5?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lH5e6FtP1ETkSdObmw7nPLwe2W0MN3WQNqfx45dZmCx3nKfCA66fKk9LuAHITr1C.-Aq5Px9hAa-meYG1sb713-mYEo9QCFiCirR2edGG_mg&dib_tag=se&qid=1754809997&refinements=p_27%3ACHERAYI+RAMADAS&s=books&sr=1-5 |publisher=Pranatha Books |pages=264 |language=ml |isbn=978-9392199608}}
* {{Cite web |last=Ramadas |first=Cherai |year=2022 |title=Kayal Sammelanam Rekhakaliloode |url=https://keralabookstore.com/book/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8D-%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%82-%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%96%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86/20417/ |publisher=Pranatha Books |pages=328 |language=ml |isbn=9789392199530}}
* {{Cite book |last=Ramadas |first=Cherai |title=Sexual Inquisition (Introduction) Smaartha Vichaaram in colonial Kerala, India |url=https://www.amazon.in/SEXUAL-INQUISITION-Introduction-Smaartha-Vichaaram-ebook/dp/B094D1TP6R |year=2021 |language=en|asin=B094D1TP6R}}
* {{Cite web |last=Lokhamde |first=Bhalchandra |year=2009 |editor-last=Ramadas |editor-first=Cherai |title=Ambedkarude Maranam |url=https://opac.ssus.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=1852&query_desc=su%3A%22History.%22 |publisher=Uparodam Books |pages= |language=ml}}
* {{Cite web |last=Ramadas |first=Cherai |year=1999 |title=Ariyappedatha Da Vinci |url=https://opac.ssus.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=2879%20thumbnail-shelfbrowser |publisher=Hindustan Books |pages=73 |language=ml |isbn=}}
* {{Cite web |year=1997 |editor-last=Ramadas |editor-first=Cherai |title=Awarnapaksha Rachanakal |url=https://opac.ssus.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=3770&query_desc=au%3A%22Ramdas%20Cherai%20(ed.)%22 |publisher=Dooth Publishers |pages=224 |language=ml}}
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== See also ==
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* [[Joseph Edamaruku]]
* [[Theruvath Raman]]
* [[Babu Bharadwaj]]
* [[V. K. Madhavan Kutty]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vWKE5rK5Kk |title=Kochi Kayal Sammelana Rekhakal |date=2022-09-05 |last=Cherai Ramadas & Dr Ajay S Sekher |language=ml}}
* {{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G95WH5JtKt0 |title=Saankarasmruthi Enna Kerala Manu Smruthi |date=2022-10-06 |last=Cherai Ramadas & Dr Ajay S Sekher |language=ml}}
* {{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHaihCwzEgA |title=Neethi Thedunna Nakshathrangal |date=2022-12-23 |last=Cherai Ramadas & Dr Ajay S Sekher |language=ml}}
* {{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gJO-yEUwWW4 |title=Who's Thathri? - Cherai Ramadas - KLF |date=2024-09-13 |last=DC Books |language=ml |access-date=2025-08-10 |via=YouTube}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite web |last=Ramadas |first=Cherai |date=2021-12-06 |title=Rajarshi Ramavarma: Itha, Rekhakal Sathyam Parayunnu - Truecopy Think |url=https://truecopythink.media/history/historical-study-about-former-cochin-ruler-rajarshi-ramavarma-by-cherai-ramadas |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=truecopythink.media |language=en-us}}
* {{Cite web |last=Ramadas |first=Cherai |date=2021-12-12 |title=Brahmanabhayamulla Avarude 'Kaikkaaran' Mathramaya Oru Rajavu - Truecopy Think |url=https://truecopythink.media/history/historical-study-about-former-cochin-ruler-rajarshi-ramavarma-by-cherai-ramadas-part-2-packet-56 |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=truecopythink.media |language=ml}}
* {{Cite web |last=Ramadas |first=Cherai |date=2021-12-20 |title=Kadal Kadannathinu Prajaye Brashtanakki Kalyanam Mudakkan Thathrappedunna Oru Rajavu - Truecopy Think |url=https://truecopythink.media/history/historical-study-about-former-cochin-ruler-rajarshi-ramavarma-by-cherai-ramadas-part-3-packet-57 |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=truecopythink.media |language=ml}}
* {{Cite web |last=Ramadas |first=Cherai |date=2021-12-29 |title=Thankanettipattom Vittundakkiya Railpalam Enna Chembukatha - Truecopy Think |url=https://truecopythink.media/history/historical-study-about-former-cochin-ruler-rajarshi-ramavarma-by-cherai-ramadas-packet-58 |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=truecopythink.media |language=en-us}}
* {{Cite web |last=Ramadas |first=Cherai |date=2022-01-03 |title=Palluruthiyile Mathasankarshavum Oru Kalapaswaravum - Truecopy Think |url=https://truecopythink.media/history/historical-study-about-former-cochin-ruler-rajarshi-ramavarma-by-cherai-ramadas-packet-59 |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=truecopythink.media |language=en-us}}
* {{Cite web |last=Ramadas |first=Cherai |date=2022-01-12 |title=Thrissurile Theevandippatha Ayithappadinakathu Varathirikkan Savarnnarude Parathi, Dooramalakkunna Rajavu - Truecopy Think |url=https://truecopythink.media/history/historical-study-about-former-cochin-ruler-rajarshi-ramavarma-by-cherai-ramadas-packet-60 |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=truecopythink.media |language=en-us}}
* {{Cite web |last=Ramadas |first=Cherai |date=2022-01-19 |title=Nadine Kollayadikkunna Rajakeeya Chooshanasangham - Truecopy Think |url=https://truecopythink.media/history/historical-study-about-former-cochin-ruler-rajarshi-ramavarma-by-cherai-ramadas-packet-61 |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=truecopythink.media |language=en-us}}
* {{Cite web |last=Ramadas |first=Cherai |date=2022-01-25 |title=Aayiram Roopaykku Diwan Joli Sweekarikkuvan Thayyarullavare Kandethunnathu Budhimuttulla Kalam - Truecopy Think |url=https://truecopythink.media/history/historical-study-about-former-cochin-ruler-rajarshi-ramavarma-by-cherai-ramadas-packet-62 |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=truecopythink.media |language=en-us}}

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ChristinaQ73 at 00:44, 30 April 2026