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The '''Kandoth Assault''' was a clash In 1930 over temple entry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YqTaAAAAMAAJ&q=Kandoth|title=History of the Communist Movement in Kerala|last1=Balakrishnan|first1=E.|year=1998}}</ref> Lower castes were not allowed to walk in front of the Kandoth Temple Of The Thiyya Castes At Kandoth In [[Payyanur]], [[Kannur]]. [[A.K. Gopalan]] led a procession to grieve the [[Dalit|Harijans]] and the [[Thiyyar]] Leaders and the Thiyyar Women who witnessed the brutal beating of [[A. K. Gopalan|A.K.G]] and the Harijans.<ref name="fgg"/><ref name="fff">{{cite book|last=A.M Abraham Ayirukuzhiel|year=1987|title=Swami Anand Thirth: Untouchability, Gandhian Solution on Trial|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xvotAAAAMAAJ&q=Badly|page=32}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KifByWawBoUC&q=Kandoth+assault|title = In the Cause of the People: Reminiscences|last1 = Gopalan|first1 = Avilliath Kutteri|last2 = Ke Gopālan|first2 = E.|year = 1973}}</ref><ref name="fhh">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WR1eDwAAQBAJ&dq=Kandoth+assault&pg=PT83|title=Kannur: Inside India's Bloodiest Revenge Politics|isbn=9789353051051|last1=Ullekh|first1=N. P.|date=19 June 2018 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited }}</ref>

==History==
Kandoth is located near Payyannoor. Harijans were not allowed to walk on the public road in Kandoth. The inhabitants of Kandoth were of the [[Thiyya|Thiyyar community]].<ref name="fff"/><ref name="fgg"/> Their temple was close to the road.<ref name=guruvayoorprotest11/> Locals feared that the temple would be soiled and decided that no one was allowed to walk past it. K. V. Kunhi Rama Puthuval was sent to Vengayil Appukuttan Nair to discuss the situation.<ref name="fff"/><ref name="fgg"/><ref name="fhh"/><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hDtiAAAAMAAJ&q=payyanur+temple+entry|title = Social Impact of Mass Media in Kerala|isbn = 9788172140649|last1 = Velacherry|first1 = Joseph|year = 1993 | publisher=CISRS, Bangalore }}</ref><ref name="1sss"/>

The Keraliyan of Kandoth were invited. The content of these discussions remain private. Pothuval said that there would be a procession and no untoward incident would take place. A small group of Harijans led by [[Keralites]] arrived from Pazhayangadi. Many marched together.<ref name="fff"/><ref name="fgg"/> Keralites and A.K. Gopalan led the procession, which was attended by many women. Residents made the necessary arrangements in advance. As the procession approached the road, a large crowd, rushed forward and attacked A.K.G. and the Harijans.<ref name="fff"/><ref name="1sss">[[#cpk71|പി.കൃഷ്ണപിള്ളയുടെ ജീവചരിത്രം -ഡോക്ടർ.ചന്തവിള മുരളി]] പുറം. 69</ref><ref name=guruvayoorprotest11>{{cite book|title=ദേശാഭിമാനി കൃഷ്ണപിള്ള സ്മാരക ഗ്രന്ഥം|publisher=ചിന്ത|pages=11–12|year=1955|quote=പയ്യന്നൂരിൽ കണ്ടോത്ത് എന്ന സ്ഥലത്തു വെച്ച് എന്നേയും കേരളീയനേയും കൂടെയുണ്ടായിരുന്ന ഹരിജനങ്ങളേയും അവിടെയുള്ള കൃഷിക്കാർ ക്രൂരമായി മർദ്ദിച്ചു}}</ref> The women carried heavy sticks. A.K.G asked the accompanying women to run to safety. The attack lasted about half an hour.<ref name="fff"/> Women came carrying heavy wooden sticks and beat them. All the people present in Ghosha were beaten by these chiefs.<ref name="fff"/> But A.K.G Standing where Gopalan and Keralian were, he faced the barrage. Others fled. A.k.G told the accompanying women to run to safety.<ref name="fff"/> KG demanded. The attack lasted for half an hour. The "Kandoth short stick" was infamous in the press of the day.<ref name="fff"/> Many people were injured. A.K. Gopalan and Keralian fell unconscious. They were taken by car to the hospital, where they lay unconscious for several hours. Even the Keralite's death statement was taken.<ref name="fff"/> Took home in the morning This attack K. This was Gopalan's first physical attack in his political career. But the "Kandoth assault" was an event that found a prominent place in news coverage.<ref name="fff"/>

The "Connaught Short Stick" became infamous. Several people were injured. The Keralites and A.K.G fell unconscious and were taken to hospital.<ref name="fff"/><ref name="1sss"/><ref name="fgg">{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.12786/page/n36/mode/1up?view=theater | title=IN THE CAUSE OF THE PEOPLE REMINISCENCES : GOPALAN, A.K. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive | date=1956 | publisher=Oriental Longman,C Alcutta }}</ref>

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