Centenary celebrations of historic Vaikom Satyagraha begins

The satyagraha, from 30 March 1924 to 23 November 1925, in erstwhile Kingdom of Travancore, is considered the first-ever organised struggle to ensure the basic rights of the socially oppressed in the country.

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