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|birth_date = {{birth date|1921|07|31|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Travancore]], [[British India]]
|occupation = Freedom fighter
|death_date = {{death date and age|2017|07|26|1921|07|31|df=y}}
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'''K. E. Mammen''' (31 July 1921 – 26 July 2017) was an Indian freedom fighter. He was a follower of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[K. Kelappan]] is often referred to as the Kerala Gandhi.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/VS-should-not-quit-says-K.E.-Mammen/article16334953.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=VS should not quit, says K.E. Mammen | date=16 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Award for K.E. Mammen |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/Award-for-K.E.-Mammen/article16600444.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=21 May 2009 |accessdate=4 November 2010 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=No evidence to consider K E Mammen as a freedom fighter, Centre said 20 years ago|url=http://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/offbeat/no-evidence-to-consider-k-e-mammen-as-a-freedom-fighter-centre-said-20-years-ago-justice-c-s-rajan-1.2119795 |work=[[Mathrubhumi]] |date=26 July 2017}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Mammen was born into the Kandathil family on 31 July 1921 as the sixth child of K. C. Eapen and Kunjandamma, in [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Who is who of Freedom Fighters in Kerala|last=Nair|first=K. Karunakaran|publisher=Regional Records Survey Committee, Kerala State|year=1975|page=338}}</ref><ref name="MM">{{cite news|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2017/07/26/gandhian-freedom-fighter-ke-mammen-dies.html|title=Noted Gandhian and freedom fighter KE Mammen passes away|date=26 July 2017|work=[[Malayala Manorama]]}}</ref> His father was a manager at the National Quilon Bank, and they lived opposite the [[Kerala Government Secretariat]] where freedom fighters used to converge to make speeches. Mammen was a staunch follower of [[Gandhism|Gandhian ideals]] and led an austere life. He remained unmarried.<ref name="MM" />

== Activism ==
He became the president of the Travancore Students Federation while he was an intermediate student at [[College of Fine Arts Trivandrum]]. During this period, he was jailed for urging students to join the freedom struggle, during a public meeting held at [[Thirunakkara]]. The famous '[[Kozhencherry]] speech' by [[C. Kesavan]] inspired Mammen to dedicate himself to social causes. The National Quilon Bank was closed by [[C. P. Ramaswami Iyer]] who was the then [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] of [[Travancore]]. Mammen's father, the brother of [[K. C. Mammen Mappillai|K.C Mammen Mappillai]], was among the officials arrested and ended up dying in jail. He was expelled from the college for criticising the Diwan in a meeting and was refused admission to Maharaja's College, Ernakulam when he tried to continue his education there. He subsequently completed his intermediate course at [[St. Thomas College, Thrissur]]. He went to the [[Madras Christian College]] for his bachelor's degree in 1940, but was soon expelled for participating in the [[Quit India Movement]].<ref name="MM" />

During the period [[Mahatma Gandhi]] invoked the youth to join the freedom struggle. Mammen was inspired by this, and began working among the people of [[Thiruvalla]] and [[Kottayam]]. He was the candidate for the newly formed [[Praja Socialist Party]] in the [[1952 Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly election]] and ended up coming second by 500 votes. He received many accolades over his eventful life including the Ramashramam Award, Lohi Vicharavedi Award and the TKV Foundation Award. Mammen was also actively involved in anti-liquor campaigns across the state of [[Kerala]] till his death.<ref name="MM" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Noted Gandhian and freedom fighter KE Mammen passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/former-freedom-fighter-ke-mammen-dies-aged-96/article19363123.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=26 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Khadar wearing Kerala Gandhi|url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2017/07/27/ke-mammen-side-story.html |work=[[Malayala Manorama]] |date=26 July 2017}}</ref> He died on 26 July 2017.<ref name="MM" />

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>MrMimikyu1998 at 19:34, 27 October 2021