Mannathu Padmanabhan

• He is recognised as the founder of the Nair Service Society.
• MannathuPadmanathan was born in Perunna village in Changanacherry  on 2 January 1878.
• Father: EswaranNamboothiri of NilavanaIllam
• Mother: MannathuParvathyAmma
• In 1893 Padmanabhan began his career as a teacher in a Government primary school.
• From 1905 he changed his profession and started practising law.
• In 1914 he established the Nair Service Society.
• His main ambition was to uplift the status of the Nair community.
• From 1915 he  became full-time secretary of the Nair Service Society.
• In 1924 he took part in the Vaikom Satyagraha.
• On November 1, 1924 to support Vaikom Satyagraha, Savarna procession was set out from    Vaikom to Trivandrum under the leadership of MannathuPadmanabhan.
• In 1947 he became a member of the Indian National Congress.
• In 1949 Padmanabhan became a member of the Travancore Legislative Assembly.
• He was honoured with the title BharataKesariby by the President of India.
• He also received Padma Bhushan in 1966.
• He died on February 25, 1970 at the age of 93.
• Mannam memorial is located at NSS Headquarters Changanacherry.