I. K. Kumaran

Irayi Kunnathidathil Kumaran Master (17 September 1903 – 27 July 1999), was a freedom fighter from Mahe or Mayyazhi, Union territory of India, who fought for liberation from France, in 1954.

[1] Born in Kunnathodam, a fairly wealthy family in Mayyazhi, IK Kumaran's father Kunkan Janmi was a liquor shop owner.

[2] He passed the exam to become a sub-inspector in British India but was denied a job because he was a French citizen.

IK Kumaran Master entered the social and political arena through the Youth League movement.

Kumaran Master has made his mark not only in politics but also in various social activities such as untouchability, mixed eating, bhudanam, Harijan upliftment, khadi propaganda and prohibition of liquor.

[2] Mahatma Gandhi Government Arts College, Mahé, was established in the year 1970 by I K Kumaran.