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| name = Fr. Joseph Vadakkan<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1919|10|01}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Thrissur]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2002|12|28|1919|10|01}}<br />
| death_place = [[Thrissur]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = [[Catholic Priest]], writer, Christian political activist<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]<br />
| relatives = Tom Vadakkan<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national-all-you-need-to-know-about-tom-vadakkan-veteran-sonia-loyalist-who-joined-bjp-today-509067|title = All you need to know about Tom Vadakkan: Veteran Sonia loyalist who joined BJP today|date = 14 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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'''Fr. Joseph Vadakkan''' (1 October 1919 – 28 December 2002) was a [[Christianity|Christian]] activist priest of [[Kerala]] in India, and the founder of the political party known as [[Karshaka Thozhilali Party]] (KTP). Vadakkan organised many agitations and took part in protest marches, [[satyagraha]]s, and rallies. He was also arrested and jailed. He was [[reprimand]]ed by his own Church.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
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Fr. Vadakkan was born at Thoyakkavu as the son of Vadakkan Ittikkuru and Kunjila Ittikkuru. Father Vadakkan worked as a school teacher before joining the [[seminary]] at age 26. While working as a young teacher, Joseph took part in the protest by organizing teachers. He was ordained a priest 11 years later. While still a seminarian, however, he launched a front in 1951 to fight the [[Communist Party of India]] that was then making inroads in Kerala.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_id=21812| title = - ucanews.com}} </ref><br />
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==Later activities==<br />
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The weekly ''Thozhilali'' (labourer) that he started later grew into a daily newspaper. When the [[Vimochana Samaram]], an agitation against the [[First E. M. S. Namboodiripad ministry|first Communist ministry]] broke out in 1958, Vadakkan played a leading role. Father Vadakkan was one of the general secretaries who coordinated that struggle. He initiated a movement called Anti Communist Front (ACF). However, he allied with [[Communism|communists]] like the [[A. K. Gopalan]] in some other agitations. Later, he organised struggles for the cause of settler farmers in Kerala and founded the [[Karshaka Thozhilali Party|KTP]] with [[B. Wellington]] as President. He had also started other publications such as "Malayorasabdam" (voice from hills), "The Kerala Tempest" – to highlight the plight of farmers and workers.<br />
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Vadakkan's unconventional ways soon brought him into conflict with the Church. The Church disliked his alliance with the communists. In 1971, Father Vadakkan defied his bishop and conducted a public [[Holy Mass]] in [[Thekkinkadu Maidan]], in [[Thrissur]], which led to controversy. He was suspended from conducting mass for 8 years, but remained a priest. But three years later, the diocese revoked the suspension.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_id=21812| title = - ucanews.com}} </ref><br />
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Fr. Vadakkan wrote about 50 books and brought out poetry collections and plays. He has also written his famous [[autobiography]] "[[Ente Kuthippum Kithappum]]".<ref>https://secure.mathrubhumi.com/books/autobiography/bookdetails/2349 {{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
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Father Joseph Vadakkan died on 28 December 2002 after suffering an illness related to his advanced age. He was 83. A large number of farmers and Church leaders, led by Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil, and Archbishop [[Jacob Thoomkuzhy]] of [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thrissur|Trichur]], attended Father Vadakkan's funeral service on 30 December 2002.<br />
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*[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article2092841.ece First Fr. Vadakkan Award]<br />
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Commemoration_Of_Fr._Joseph_Vadakkan_-_%22Vadakkanachan%22.jpg Commemoration Ceremony – 2012] {{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frvadakkan.jpg With family members]<br />
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