KOCHI RAJYA PRAJAMANDALAM AND THE STRUGGLE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT IN COCHIN

Abstract

The political history of modern Kerala has been shaped by a series of newlinemovements involving a high degree of participation by the masses at various newlinelevels These movements are of great importance to the historian and political newlinescientist whether viewed by the national or regional angle The popular newlinemovements that gathered momentum in British India under the auspicious of the newlineIndian National Congress or other political parties since the last decades of the newlinenineteenth century had their profound impact on politics in the princely states newline