The Malayali Memorial was a petition submitted too the Maharaja of Travancore
on The New Years Day in 1891.It was signed by 10028 persons belonging to all classes
and creeds. It drew the attention of the Maharaja to the exclusion of the educated natives
from the higher grades of public service. It pleaded for the natives a fair quota of
government appointments.It was drafted on the basis of a popular cry Travancore for
Travancoreans’.It was really a fair plea for privileges and positions.Its formulators were
G.P. Pillai and K.P. Sankara Menon.The Government have taken no immediate action.Its
attitude was unhelpful and reactionary.Outsiders continued to be appointed.Nevertheless
the agitation served its purpose namely to arouse political consciousness of the people.It
symbolised the emergence of the new educated middle class as a force to be reckoned
with.
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