He managed to import, directly from England, an automatic flatbed printing press, the latest type then available.
[8] Ramakrishna Pillai and his family had to shift to Vakkom in Chirayinkil Taluk where the newspaper office and the printing press were located.
Ramakrishna Pillai was arrested and banished from Travancore to Thirunelveli in Madras Province of British Raj.
[3][10][11][12][13] In 1957, after the Independence of India, the Government of Kerala returned the press to Moulavi's family and son Abdul Kadar.
On 26 January 1968, the then Chief Minister of Kerala, E. M. S. Namboodiripad, presented it to the legal heirs of Maulavi Abdul Qadir at a public meeting, 36 years after his death.