1. Vakkom Majeed was born into one of the most prominent aristocratic Muslim families in Travancore.
18 Facts About Vakkom Majeed
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Vakkom Majeed was one of the early architects of the Indian National Congress in Travancore, eventually becoming the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Attingal constituency.
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Vakkom Majeed's uncle, Vakkom Moulavi, was a visionary, social reformer, scholar, educationist, writer, journalist and the founder of Swadeshabhimani newspaper.
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Vakkom Majeed was the first of four children born to Syed Mohamed and Mohamed Beevi.
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Vakkom Majeed had one sister: Safiya Beevi and two brothers: Mohamed Abda, and Abdul Latheef.
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Vakkom Majeed obtained his early education at St Joseph High School, Anjengo.
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Vakkom Majeed was attracted to the social reform movement of his uncle, Vakkom Moulavi, as well as Narayana Guru.
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Vakkom Majeed came to politics in his early school days.
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Vakkom Majeed was one of the early architects of the Indian National Congress in Travancore.
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Vakkom Majeed was one of the few Congress leaders in Travancore who exhibited enormous courage by participating in the Quit India movement in 1942 and got arrested.
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Subsequently, when the idea of "independent Travancore" was mooted, Vakkom Majeed was a staunch opponent of it and took part in the agitation against the move.
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Vakkom Majeed was a politician-extraordinary in the socio-political realm of Kerala in the 20th century.
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Vakkom Majeed was opposed to doctrinaire politics and argued for secular-humanist perspective in politics and social issues.
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Vakkom Majeed upheld the values of Liberalism and Modernism in Islam and called for the return of Ijtihad in Islamic traditions.
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Vakkom Majeed equally valued the thoughts of Narayana Guru and pointed to the increasing relevance of a "casteless" society.
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The last three decades of Vakkom Majeed was the decades of his intense exploration and reading of nationalist history, ideology and practice.
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Vakkom Majeed received the 'Tamrapatra' from the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi.
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Vakkom Majeed's condition worsened soon afterward and shifted to the CCU of Cosmopolitan Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram.