Kunnathu Puthiyaveettil Ramapurathu Gopalan (1 June 1906 – 5 August 1997), popularly known as KPR was an Indian politician and a communist leader from Kalliasseri, Kerala.
One Sub-Inspector and a Constable died in the clash with the mob, mainly constituted of farmers, agricultural labourers, and other trade union workers.
Gopalan and Mathrubhumi, the leading newspaper wrote an editorial demanding that his death sentence be commuted.
Due to this mass protest, the British Government finally reduced the punishment from hanging to life imprisonment.
Eminent Communist leader P. Krishna Pillai wrote an article hailing Gopalan entitled "The Bolshevik Hero of Kerala".