History of Kalliasseri Grama Panchayat, Kannur

Historical overview

Kalliasseri has notable political associations, including leaders such as E. K. Nayanar and K. P. R. Gopalan; it was a centre of the Karshaka Sangham of Chirakkal Taluk and played a role in the freedom movement and in the emergence of the Communist Party of India. [1]

From 1991 to 1993, Kalliasseri was chosen for Panchayath Level Participatory Planning experiments, in continuation with the Panchayath Resource Mapping Programme, later known as the Kalliasseri Planning Model. [1]

A national seminar 'Learning From Kalliasseri' in 1995, organized by the Centre for Development Studies and inaugurated by A.K. Antony and validated by E.M.S. Namboodipad, proclaimed the Kalliasseri planning model to be replicated and later influenced Kerala’s People’s Planning Campaign. [1]

Timeline

1991-1993

Panchayath Level Participatory Planning experiment conducted in Kalliasseri, in continuation with the Panchayath Resource Mapping Programme, later known as the Kalliasseri Planning Model. [1]
1995

National seminar 'Learning From Kalliasseri' organized by the Centre for Development Studies, inaugurated by A.K. Antony and validated by E.M.S. Namboodipad, proclaimed the Kalliasseri planning model to be replicated and later used as a model for Kerala's People’s Planning Campaign. [1]
15 September 1940

Morazha incident, a noted event in the National Movement of Kerala, occurred at Anchampeetika on the northern border of Kalliasseri Panchayath, where a police sub inspector and a head constable were killed. [1]

Sources

[1] Kalliasseri — English Wikipedia contributors
[2] കല്ല്യാശ്ശേരി — Malayalam Wikipedia contributors

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