{"id":333071,"date":"2025-04-16T18:41:39","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=333071"},"modified":"2025-04-17T10:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T04:57:53","slug":"sir-sankaran-nair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sir-sankaran-nair\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Sankaran Nair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Prime Minister\u2019s tribute acknowledged Sankaran Nair\u2019s fearless voice against British tyranny on the 106th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. <strong>Sir Sankaran Nair.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-333187 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sir-Sankaran-Nair.png?resize=538%2C357&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sir Sankaran Nair\" width=\"538\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sir-Sankaran-Nair.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sir-Sankaran-Nair.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sir-Sankaran-Nair.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sir-Sankaran-Nair.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About Sir Sankaran Nair<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>He\u00a0was a prominent Indian <strong>jurist, social reformer, and nationalist<\/strong> known for his contributions to the Indian freedom struggle and for advocating civil rights under British rule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Early life<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He was born on 11 July 1857 on the <strong>Malabar Coast<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>He secured the <strong>Law degree<\/strong> from the <strong>Madras Law College<\/strong> in 1879 and started as a lawyer in 1880 in <strong>the High Court of Madras<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Government services and recognition<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1884, the Madras Government appointed him as <strong>a member of the Committee for an enquiry into the state of Malabar. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Till 1908<\/strong>, he was the <strong>Advocate &#8211; General<\/strong> to the Government and <strong>an Acting Judge<\/strong> from time to time.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>1908<\/strong> he became a <strong>permanent Judge in the High Court of Madras<\/strong> and held the post till 1915.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>1902<\/strong>, the <strong>Viceroy Lord Curzon<\/strong> appointed him <strong>Secretary to the Raleigh University Commission. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>In recognition of his services he was awarded the title <strong>&#8216;Commander of the Indian Empire&#8217;<\/strong> by the King &#8211; Emperor in <strong>1904<\/strong> and was knighted in <strong>1912<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Achievements during freedom struggle<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He became a <strong>member of the Viceroy&#8217;s Council in 1915 <\/strong>with charge of the <strong>Education portfolio<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>As member, he wrote in <strong>1919 two famous Minutes of Dissent<\/strong> in the Despatches on Indian Constitutional Reforms, pointing out the various defects of British rule in India and suggesting reforms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>1897<\/strong>, when the <strong>First Provincial Conference<\/strong> met in <strong>Madras<\/strong>, he was invited to preside over it.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>1897<\/strong>, he was elected <strong>President of the Indian National Congress,<\/strong> becoming the <strong>first Malayali<\/strong> and one of the <strong>youngest<\/strong> to hold the post. His leadership reflected constitutionalism rather than populism, privileging civil rights and self-determination.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>1900<\/strong> he was a Member of the Madras Legislative Council.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>1928<\/strong> he was the <strong>President of the Indian Central Committee<\/strong> to co-operate with <strong>the Simon Commission.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>He advocated for the<\/strong> <strong>Dominion Status<\/strong> for India.<\/li>\n<li>When the Viceregal announcement came granting Dominion Status as the ultimate goal for India, Nair <strong>retired<\/strong> from active politics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Death and Recognition<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He passed away in <strong>1934 at the age of 77<\/strong>, but he remains a <strong>symbol of fearless resistance and principled leadership in colonial India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>His legacy continues to inspire through books like <strong>The Case That Shook the Empire<\/strong> by his descendants and upcoming films like Kesari Chapter 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Prime Minister\u2019s tribute acknowledged Sankaran Nair\u2019s fearless voice against British tyranny on the 106th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. 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About Sir Sankaran Nair He\u00a0was a prominent Indian jurist, social reformer, and nationalist known for his contributions to the Indian freedom struggle and for advocating civil rights under British rule.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sir-sankaran-nair\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sir Sankaran Nair<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":333187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,12039,11210],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-333071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-knolls","category-personalities-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Sir-Sankaran-Nair.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}