Walk for Freedom & Chaliyar Riot
Though Kali could ride in a cart through the streets, other lesser beings were not allowed to walk there. So he mobilized his people and took a 'walk for freedom' to Puthen Market. When they reached the chaliyar street of Bala-rama-Puram, diku mob was waiting to prevent them from moving further. There was a riot in which both the parties drew blood in the first armed rebellion of Dalits. Hundreds of dalits got injured but under Ayyankali they fought very bravely and for the first time they were able to terrorize the dikus through their resistance.
Inspired by the Chaliyar Riot, youngsters got out on the streets to win their basic rights in Manakkadu, Kazhakkoottam, KaniyaPuram etc in the vicinity of the capital. In the process of dikus trying to put down the freedom movement, the unrest spread and reached civil war proportions. This new situation emboldened the Dalits to ask for other freedoms and rights denied to them. Physical attacks by the dikus tried to prevent further erosion of their feudal monopolies. To this provocation Dalits organized small fighting units to counter them.
Though Kali could ride in a cart through the streets, other lesser beings were not allowed to walk there. So he mobilized his people and took a 'walk for freedom' to Puthen Market. When they reached the chaliyar street of Bala-rama-Puram, diku mob was waiting to prevent them from moving further. There was a riot in which both the parties drew blood in the first armed rebellion of Dalits. Hundreds of dalits got injured but under Ayyankali they fought very bravely and for the first time they were able to terrorize the dikus through their resistance.
Inspired by the Chaliyar Riot, youngsters got out on the streets to win their basic rights in Manakkadu, Kazhakkoottam, KaniyaPuram etc in the vicinity of the capital. In the process of dikus trying to put down the freedom movement, the unrest spread and reached civil war proportions. This new situation emboldened the Dalits to ask for other freedoms and rights denied to them. Physical attacks by the dikus tried to prevent further erosion of their feudal monopolies. To this provocation Dalits organized small fighting units to counter them.
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