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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
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,
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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
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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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kunjikannan, M. 1926 births 2010 deaths Indian activist journalists