Nicknames of Famous Personalities in Kerala

Learn all the famous sobriquets and nicknames of Kerala's legendary poets, writers, and political leaders with this comprehensive, bilingual study guide. 

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Sobriquets of Famous Personalities Starting with Kerala

This table below compiles all the high-yield titles starting with the word "Kerala" in both English and Malayalam (മലയാളം). Perfect study deck for upcoming Kerala PSC exams.

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Quick Reference: : Kerala Famous Personalities Nicknames' (അപരനാമങ്ങൾ) List

• Keraleeyan – Kadayaprath Kunjappa Nambiar.
• Kerala Ashoka – Vikramaditya Varaguna.
• Kerala Chaucer – Cheeramakavi.
• Kerala Eliot – N. N. Kakkad.
• Kerala Emily Bronte – Rajalakshmi.
• Kerala Gandhi – K. Kelappan.
• Kerala Hemingway – M.T. Vasudevan Nair.
• Kerala Homer – Ayyipillai Asan.
• Kerala John Gunther – S. K. Pottekkatt.
• Kerala Ibsen – N. Krishna Pillai.
• Kerala Kalidasan – Keralavarma Valiyakoyithampuran.
• Kerala Kshemendran – Vadakkumkoor Rajaraja Varma.
• Kerala Khrushchev – M.N. Govindan Nair.
• Kerala Kissinger – Baby John.
• Kerala Lincoln – Pandit Karuppan.
• Kerala Lion/Simham – Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja.
• Kerala Madan Mohan Malaviya – Mannathu Padmanabhan.
• Kerala Mark Twain – Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar.
• Kerala Mayakovsky – Kedamangalam Pappukutty.
• Kerala Mopasang – Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai.
• Kerala Napoleon – Poykayil Yohannan.
• Kerala Nehru – Kottur Kunju Krishnan Nair.
• Kerala Orpheus – Changampuzha Krishna Pillai.
• Kerala Panini – A. R. Raja Raja Varma.
• Kerala Poonkuyil – Vallathol.
• Kerala Pushkin – O. N. V. Kurup.
• Kerala Saigal – Pappukutty Bhagavathar.
• Kerala Scott – C.V Raman Pillai. 
• Kerala Socrates – Kesari Balakrishna Pillai.
• Kerala Spartacus – Ayyankali.
• Kerala Sreehari – Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer.
• Kerala Sree Harshan – Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer.
• Kerala Subhash Chandra Bose – Muhammad Abdurahman Sahib.
• Kerala Surdas – Poonthanam Nampoothiri.
• Kerala Tagore – Vallathol. 
• Kerala Tennison – Vallathol.
• Kerala Thulasidas – Vennikulam Gopala Kurup.
• Kerala Valmiki – Vallathol.
• Kerala Vanambadi – Mary John Koothattukulam.
• Kerala Vardhamana Mahaveera – Thycaud Ayya.
• Kerala Vivekanandan – Swami Agamananda. 
• Kerala Vyasan – Kodungallur Kunjikkuttan Thampuran.
• Kerala Yogeeswaran – Chattambi Swami.

 

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📝 SideNotes:

• Mazhayyi Gandhi – K. P. Kumaran Master.
• Muslim Kalidasan – Moyinkutty Vaidyar (മോയിൻകുട്ടി വൈദ്യർ).
• Kristhava Kalidasan – Kattakayam Cherian Mappillai (കട്ടക്കയം ചെറിയാൻ മാപ്പിള).
• Kerala Kumba Mela – Makaravilakku.
• Who called Mannathu Padmanabhan as 'Madan Mohan Malaviya of Kerala' – K.M. Panicker.
• Cheeramakavi – Pen name of the author of 'Ramacharitham,' one of the oldest books in Malayalam, who according to poet Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer, was Sree Veerarama Varman, a king of Travancore from AD 1195 to 1208.