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dated October 1, 1957: Land reforms in Kerala

The Kerala Chief Minister, Mr. E.M.S. Nambudiripad, has reiterated the pledge taken by his Government to carry out land reforms and end feudalism. Speaking at a public function in Hyderabad, organised by the City Communist Party, he said he was no stranger to Andhra and Hyderabad but he was now visiting this “second capital of the country” after the people had thrown off feudalism. He had now come to Hyderabad as a representative of a newly-formed State. Just as they had struggled for several decades to establish Vishalandhra, “we in our own humble way have formed Kerala. We are also trying to practise the noble ideals for which the people of Hyderabad and Andhra had fought, struggling not only against the Nizam’s feudal rule but also for land reforms.” The brave people of Telengana and Andhra had waged a heroic struggle and had led the way for the whole of India. But accident of history had made the Communists of Kerala responsible to carry out those noble objectives for which hundreds of youths had laid down their lives. It was as a result of the sufferings and sacrifice of martyrs of not only in Andhra but in Bengal. Punjab, Maharashtra and other places that they in Kerala had been able to make “slight” changes in the political situation through their new Government, the Chief Minister said. Mr. C. Achuta Menon, Kerala Finance Minister, who also spoke, indicated that the proposed land reforms in Kerala, besides laying down a fair rent and giving security of tenure to the tiller, would impose a ceiling of about 15 acres on land holdings.

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