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Moorkoth Ramunni is the elder son of
Moorkoth KumaranMoorkoth Kumaran was a teacher and a prominent short story writer in Malayalam.Kumaran came from a respected Ezhava family of Kannur. He was a disciple of Narayana Guru and wrote the first biography of Guru. This biography contains the essence of Guru's message...
and was also a follower of
Sree Narayana GuruSri Nārāyana Guru , also known as Sree Nārāyana Guru Swami, was a Hindu saint, sadhuand social reformer of India. The Guru was born into an Ezhava family, in an era when people from backward communities like the Ezhavas faced much social injustices in the caste-ridden Kerala society...
like his father. He hailed from respected Thiyya family from
KannurKannur , also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the District of Kannur and 518km north of state capital Trivandrum. During British rule in India, Kannur was known by its old name Cannanore, which is still in...
. He was also a good
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er and a
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player. He was against the castism that existed in the
Keralaor Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
society at that time. It was Sree Narayana Guru's message that inspired him to fight against the inequalities in the society.
He was the first
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from Kerala of the Royal Air Force(Later
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). He also fought against Japan in the IInd world war. He worked at Nehru's office in 1947. He was one among the ten people who were appointed to look after the tribes for 25 years. He was the advisor of the governors of the states Nagland, Manipur, Tripura. He also assumed the position of the administrator of
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. First pilot from Kerala and (Having converted subsequently to the IAS) an administrator.The First Head Of Training Team of The Indian National Defence Academy.