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V.R .Krishnan Ezhuthachan Law College is the first law college in Palakkad District. It is a self-financing law college affiliated to the Calicut University sanctioned by Government of Kerala and approved by Bar council of India (BCI).
V.R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan, in whose memory the college is named, was a veteran freedom fighter, legendary Congress leader, a fighting peasant leader, a patriarch in Gandhian constructive program, Bhishmacharya in co-operative movement, a prudent editor with extraordinary journalistic skill, and above all a prolific writer in both Malayalam and English. He was the founder General secretary of Cochin state Prajamandalam - the political arm of congress party in the erstwhile Cochin native state before independence and also the founder editor of the "Deenabandhu" newspaper. He was the architect of the Congress party in erstwhile Cochin state, and converted it into a truly mass based party, unlike in erstwhile Malabar district and the princely state of Travancore
He authored many scholarly books including his own autobiography which won many laurels. He had a glittering academic record- a gold medal in S.S.L.C. studies, availing merit scholarships and passing B.A. Economics with first class and a rank from Madras University. He took his law degree (BL) from Trivandrum Govt. Law College, ranking first and also ranked 3rd in the Madras University in 1933. He was the first law graduate from the Ezhuthachan community in Cochin. His guru, a titan in the socio political field of erstwhile Coching state, was his own father - in - law, Vakil. P. Kumaran Ezhuthachan, who was an active parliamentarian, five-time member of the Cochin State legislative council, a stormy politician and a crusading activist, and the architect of modern Cochin. Mr. Krishnan Ezhuthachan's parliamentary track record was unique and unparalleled; he was a member of the Cochin state legislative council and a member of erstwhile Travancore- Cochin assembly, representing Nenmara where the law college is situated. The V.R.Krishnan Ezhuthachan Law College is run by the Ezhuthachan Educational Society for HRD, which is the educational wing of the Akhila Kerala Ezhuthachan Samajam. The Samajam is an organization representing 'Ezhuthachans' - a backward community forming '15%' of the population of Kerala, founded with the purpose of removing social inequalities and the upliftment of the backward classes.
