K. A. Mammen was an Indian Freedom fighter, a social worker, a leader, a friend for his colleagues, one of the founder members of Kerala Congress

Kerala Congress

The Kerala Congress is a recognized State political party in Kerala, India. The party was founded by K. M. George in October 1964 after a group of legislators decided to break from the Indian National Congress...

 (Political party in Kerala

Kerala

or 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....

) and a Syrian Christian Marthomite. Living in a village, he extended himself to transform the villages and the people around him.

Early days

Mammen was born on July 27, 1922. His father was Abraham, Kizhakke veettil, Elanthoor

Elanthoor

Elanthoor is a village in Pathanamthitta district in the state of Kerala, India.The village owns a significant position in ecumenism,with temples and churches ata hand's distance,but not much noticed by others....

, Pathanamthitta

Pathanamthitta

Pathanamthitta is a large town and a municipality situated in the central Travancore region in the state of Kerala, south India, spread over an area of 23.50 km2. It is the administrative capital of Pathanamthitta district. The city has a population of 38,000...

 District, Kerala

Kerala

or 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....

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Contributions

For almost fifty years, he was one of the leaders of the children’s wing, Akhila Kerala Balajana Sakyam. He was in the fore front of their activities and in their camps

As a history teacher he went on to trace and record the history of his own people

Donated a part of his ancestral property to open a hospital at his home village.