# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/k-kelappan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:53:31.302Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/k-kelappan"
name: "K. Kelappan"
slug: "k-kelappan"
description: "Koyapalli Kelappan Nair, better known as K. Kelappan was an Indian politician, independence activist, educationist and journalist. During the Indian independence movement, he was the lead figure of Indian National Congress in Kerala and was popularly known as Kerala Gandhi. After Indian independence, he held various seats in Gandhian organisations. He was the co-founder and the first president of the Nair Service Society and was also the founder of Kerala Kshetra Samrakshana Samiti."
tagline: "Indian politician (1889-1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/K_Kelappan_1990_stamp_of_India.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1889-08-24"
deathDate: "1971-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.896186666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ಕೆ.ಕೇಳಪ್ಪನ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Kelappan"
    title: "K. Kelappan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8"
    title: "के केलप्पन"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%86._%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "కె. కేలప్పన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%86._%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B3%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%BB"
    title: "കെ. കേളപ്പൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87._%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "கே. கேளப்பன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6323503"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump