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|birth_place = [[Chowara]], [[Ernakulam]]<br />
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|death_place = Aluva, Kerala<br />
|nationality = Indian<br />
|known_for = [[Indian independence movement]]<br />
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|occupation = Journalist<br />
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'''Chowara Parameswaran''' was an Indian journalist, rationalist, reformer, and translator. He is also known as ''Chowara Gandhi''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2016/aug/15/School-students-to-add-new-shade-to-I-Day-fete-1509329.html|title=School students to add new shade to I-Day fete|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> He participated in the All-Kerala Political Conference held at Palakkad in 1921<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/congress-rewinds-to-1921-ottappalam-meet/article17782999.ece|title=Congress rewinds to 1921 Ottappalam meet|first=K. a|last=Shaji|date=4 April 2017|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> and participated in the [[Vaikom Satyagraha]] in 1924, the [[Civil Disobedience Movement]] in 1930 and the [[Quit India Movement]] in 1942. After independence, he worked as a journalist and fought for the rights of journalists. He died on 20 December 1968.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dcbooks.com/death-anniversary-of-chowara-parameswaran.html|title=ചൊവ്വര പരമേശ്വരന്റെ ചരമവാര്ഷികദിനം|date=20 December 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Chowara Parameswaran Award ==<br />
The Chowara Parameswaran Award, established in 1992, is presented by the [[Kerala Press Academy]] in his honor. The award was instituted by the Chowara Parameswaran Memorial Committee in [[Kochi]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/governor-cautions-media-against-unethical-practices/article30301415.ece|title=Governor cautions media against unethical practices|date=14 December 2019|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.keralamediaacademy.org/content/endowments-awards|title=Endowments & Awards &#124; Kerala Media Academy|website=archive.keralamediaacademy.org}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian independence activists from Kerala]]<br />
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