1953 Mattancherry shootout

1953 port shootout in Mattancherry July 2025 July 2025 Mattancherry shootout Mattancherry, Kochi, Kerala, India 15 September 1953 The Mattancherry shootout called locally as the Mattancherry Kalaapam, was a police shootout that happened on 15 September 1953, involving the port workers demanding the removal of the then port recruitment chappa system and pointing out (which also existed in other places in India and elsewhere, it was "calling-on" in London) and the local police. Three people were killed, they were CX Antony, Said, and Saithali who were 21, 22 and 23 years old respectively. The major protests began on 1 September and ended with the shootout.https://thetricontinental.org/asia/workers-struggle-of-mattancherry/https://www.madhyamam.com/opinion/open-forum/mattancherry-shootout-opinion/558698 ആ വിപ്ലവത്തിന് ഇന്ന് 65 വെബ് ഡെസ്ക് Madhyamam 15 September 2018 16 February 2024 7 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230707071124/https://www.madhyamam.com/opinion/open-forum/mattancherry-shootout-opinion/558698 live https://www.thecue.in/videos/paranju-varumbol/mattancherry-police-firing-history-of-keralas-labour-movements മട്ടാഞ്ചേരി വെടിവെപ്പ്; ഭരണകൂടത്തെ വിറപ്പിച്ച തൊഴിലാളി സമര ചരിത്രം അലി അക്ബർ ഷാ 2 June 2022 The Cue 16 February 2024 3 September 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220903045427/https://www.thecue.in/videos/paranju-varumbol/mattancherry-police-firing-history-of-keralas-labour-movements live https://www.marunadanmalayalee.com/news/special-report/book-on-mattanchery-shootout-published-204241 ചാപ്പ സമ്പ്രദായം അവസാനിപ്പിക്കണമെന്നാവശ്യപ്പെട്ടു തൊഴിലാളികൾ നടത്തിയ സമരം കലാശിച്ചത് ... 15 September 2020 www.marunadanmalayalee.com 16 February 2024 11 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230511041521/https://www.marunadanmalayalee.com/news/special-report/book-on-mattanchery-shootout-published-204241 live https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/book-on-history-of-mattancherry-firing-released/article32614277.ece Book on history of Mattancherry firing released 15 September 2020 The Hindu subscription 16 February 2024 7 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230507145000/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/book-on-history-of-mattancherry-firing-released/article32614277.ece live https://www.thenewsminute.com/kerala/barbaric-chappa-system-and-history-kochi-s-port-labourers-mutiny-175177 The barbaric chappa system and the history of Kochi's port labourers' mutiny Cris Sukanya Shaji 4 March 2023 The News Minute 16 February 2024 26 January 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240126030318/https://www.thenewsminute.com/kerala/barbaric-chappa-system-and-history-kochi-s-port-labourers-mutiny-175177 live Popular culture The 2023 Malayalam film Thuramukham is based on the protests.July 2025 References Category:Mattancherry