Liberation Struggle (Kerala)

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The Liberation Struggle in Kerala (1958–59) was a period of anticommunist protest against the first elected state government in Kerala, which was led by E. M. S. Namboodiripad of the Communist Party of India. Organised opposition to the state government was spearheaded by the Syro-Malabar Church, the Nair Service Society, the Indian Union Muslim League, and the Indian National Congress. The Communists believed the movement received funds mostly from outside of India, mobilised by the CIA and international Catholic organisations^{[citation needed]}. In the aftermath of the struggle, at least 15 people, mostly Christians and including a pregnant woman,^[1] died from various police firings,^[2] leading to the Indian central government, under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, imposing President's Rule and dismissing the state government.