Mavilodan Kunjikannan ( ml, മാവിലോടന് കുഞ്ഞികണ്ണന്) (3 March 1926 – 30 June 2010), popularly known as Kunjikannan Mash or Kunjikannan Master, was a journalist,
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, and educational and social activist among tribals in
Wayanad district of
Kerala
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,
India
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. He wrote for the Malayalam language newspaper ''
Mathrubhumi'' starting in 1970. He also worked as reporter for ''Thozhilali'', a newspaper published in
Thrissur
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, Kerala. He was president of Kalpetta Girijan Co-Operative Society, and was a member of the Kerala Tribal Board, the State Orphanage Control Board and the
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee.
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1926 births
2010 deaths
Indian activist journalists