K E Mammen - Thiruvananthapuram - 27 07 2017 - Photo @ Rinkuraj MattancheriyilThiruvananthapuram: Noted Gandhian and freedom fighter K.E Mammen, who passed away on Wednesday, was laid to rest here on Thursday.
The funeral was held at Santhi Kavadam with state honors. However, there was no customary gun salute as per his wish.
Dignitaries from various fields paid their last respects to Mammen at his cousin's house at Kunnukuzhi. Kerala governor P. Sathasivam, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, leader of the opposition Ramesh Chennithala, several ministers and Malayala Manorama managing editor Jacob Mathew were among those who paid tributes.
Mammen, 96, breathed his last at a private hospital in Neyyattinkara, Thiruvananthapuram.
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Mammen, who was also a social worker, was at the forefront of the anti-liquor campaign in Kerala. He had taken part in the Quit India movement and in the agitation against Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer.
He was born into the renowned Kandathil family as the sixth child of K.C. Eapen and Kunjandamma on July 31, 1921, in Thiruvananthapuram. From an early age, he had lent his support for the freedom struggle.
A staunch believer of Gandhian principles, Mammen led an austere life. He did not own even a house or car. He remained unmarried.
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