100TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

BEMPHS Decked up for the Function

Municipal Chairperson Ms. Aamina Maliyekkal Welcoming the Guests

The 100th Birth Anniversary of Nettur P. Damodaran was celebrated on 14th May, 2013. As a part of the celebrations, a commemoration meeting was organized at Thalassery on the day. The venue of the meeting was the Auditorium of his own alma mater, BEMP High School, Thalassery.

Mr. C.K. Nanu, MLA Speaking on the Occasion

Address by Shri. Mulllappally Ramachandran

Shr i. Kadannappally receiving the First Copy of the Book

The well-attended meeting was inaugurated by the then Union Minister of State for Home, Sri. Mullappally Ramachandran. Other dignitaries who spoke on the occasion were Kadannappally Ramachandran, present Kerala Minister and former MP, C. K. Nanu, MLA, Amina Maliyekkal, Municipal Chairperson, Thalassery, E. Narayanan, former Municipal Chairman, K. Vijaya Raghavan, T. K. D. Muzhappilangad and other local figures of prominence

A compilation of speeches made by Nettur P. Damodaran in Parliament, by name ‘In the Annals of Parliament’, was released on the occasion by Sri. Mullappally Ramachandran. A web site, namely netturp.org, was also formally launched on the occasion by Sri. Kadannappally Ramachandran.

A Section of the Audiance

BEMPHS honours it’s alumni who were together members of the first ever Lok Sabha, elected from different constituencies (K. Kelappan from Ponnani, A K G from Kannur, Nettur P from Thalassery and Anandan Nambiar from Thiruchirappally)

A lesser known fact about BEMPHS is worth mentioning here.

In the entire history of Indian Parliament, only one high school has the rare distinction of having had four of its alumni as members of the same Lok Sabha. The Basel Evangelical Mission Parsi School is the proud holder of this distinction. These members were K. Kelappan, A. K. Gopalan, Anandan Nambiar and Nettur. P. Damodaran, who were students of the BEMP High School, Thalassery at different periods, but won their election from different parts of Madras State in 1952.

A plan to unveil the photographs of these four Members of the Lok Sabha was announced during the meeting. These photos were unveiled later by Sri. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, then Home Minister, Kerala State, who was also the local MLA, during the Inaugural function of the Smart Class Room Scheme held at the school on 19 August 2013.

Function During Which Unveiling Was Done

Thalassery remembers her illustrious children

Murals of important personalities of Thalassery from various periods displayed at a prominent location by Thalassery Municipality. Murals painted by local artistes of Hermen Gundert, Sanjayan, O. Chandu Menon, Vainu Bappu, Nettur P, C. V. Balan Nair, Raghavan Master et-al can be seen.