Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee is the state unit of the Indian National Congress in Kerala. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections. The INC currently leads the UDF alliance, the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee was first convened in 1921 at Ottapalam in northern Kerala (in the presence of the T. Prakasam).

Timeline

 * 1921 – "Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee" convened at Ottapalam in northern Kerala.
 * 1924/25 – Vaikom Satyagraha led by Congress leaders T. K. Madhavan, K. Kelappan and K. P. Kesava Menon.
 * 1930 – Salt Satyagraha, a part of the Civil Disobedience Movement, organised by K. Kelappan in northern Kerala.
 * 1931/32 – Guruvayur Satyagraha, commenced under K. Kelappan.
 * 1933 – Joint Political Congress established in Travancore.
 * 1938 – Chunangat Kunjikavamma elected as President and E. M. S. Namboodiripad, the future Communist leader, as Secretary.
 * 1938 – formation of Travancore State Congress. Agitation against Diwan C. P. Ramaswami Iyer for 'Responsible Government'.
 * 1939/40 – Split in Congress. Communist Party of India walked away with the entire Kerala unit.
 * 1947 – Following the Punnapra-Vayalar Revolt, the Travancore State Congress enters the agitation against the Diwan.
 * 1957 – Congress loses first assembly election in Kerala
 * 1958 – formation of the Kerala Students Union (K S U).
 * 1960 – Congress-led alliance in power after the 'Liberation Struggle' against Communist ministry.
 * 1964 – major Split in Congress.
 * 1971 – Congress joins the Achuta Menon Government.
 * 1979/80 – Congress leader K. Karunakaran forms the U D F alliance.

Gandhi's visits to Kerala

 * 1) 1920 (during the Non-Cooperation/Khilafat Agitation)
 * 2) 1925 (during Vaikom Satyagraha)
 * 3) 1927 (campaign against the untouchability)
 * 4) 1934 (fundraising)
 * 5) 1937 (after the 1936 Temple Entry Proclamation)

Kerala Legislative Assembly election
Source: Thomas J. Nossiter - Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation (1982) Source: Government of Kerala Government of India

List of Chief Ministers
Source: Thomas J. Nossiter - Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation (1982)