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In a highly stratified society like Kerala in the 19th century, the lower castes were not allowed to use the public roads and tanks. They were not even allowed to mix with their fellow human beings. In 1917, social reformer and poet Sahodaran Ayyappan initiated a Mixed Caste Feast (Panthibhojanam) in order to overcome the [...]

In 1821 Colonel James Welsh, a Military Officer from the English East India Company visited the CMS College and was impressed by its campus and educational facilities including the well-stocked library. He said that ‘the library containing 2250 elegantly bound volumes of theology, Astronomy, Mathematics and history, in short every other science, English, French, Latin, [...]

When the CMS College was shifted to the present campus from the old campus on the shore of the Meenachal River, the authorities thought of having a chapel in the campus for the early students who studied theology and prepared themselves for becoming priests could have a natural environment. The Anglican Church missionaries were the [...]

When Rev.Askwith was the principal of CMS College, in 1905 he started the College Day Celebrations. It was an absolute novelty for the students then. They enjoyed it thoroughly and found it a day and a platform for displaying their extra-curricular abilities. The best student was given a Wall Clock as a prize and the [...]

The Great Hall is a monumental heritage hall at CMS College. Started by Principal French Adams in 1892 the building process went on for a couple of years and the result was a huge hall in the central Travancore that could accommodate around five hundred people. The construction was huge and magnificent in proportion, size [...]

Rev. F. N. Askwith was the Principal of the CMS College from early 1900s. In 1905 the first College Day was celebrated under his guidance and leadership. Askwith was constantly in pursuit of the excellence of his wards. He wanted them to be rounded personalities excelling not only in arts and science but also in [...]

In Travancore very few people owned a personal car in the early decades of the 20th century. Even the royalties favored horse driven carriages and the gentries preferred bullock cart. Hence, when Rev. Askwith, the Principal of the CMS College in 1910s came by a car and was looked at with awe and reverence. It [...]

1913 was a time when none could imagine that girls could go to schools or colleges. Their movements were limited within the domestic premises and even if they went out male escorts accompanied them. Only those women from the lower and working classes were seen outside, that too confined in their work places. In those [...]

Internationally renowned theoretical physicist, Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan (ECG Sudarshan) studied at the CMS College in late 1940s. He introduced the Tachyons theory in which he said there were particles that travelled faster than light. Prof. Sudarshan kept in touch with his alma mater and whenever he came to Kerala insisted on visiting the campus. [...]