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Open in app. You must login to keep earning daily check-in points. Lifetime 0 Expired 0 Redeemed 0. Total redeemable TimesPoints 0. Notification Center. Today we are celebrating National Reading Day. It is celebrated to honor the father of the Library Movement in Kerala, the late P. He would travel to villages of Kerala to tell people about the benefits of reading. This led Kerala to its universal literacy movement, and then to it becoming the first state to achieve universal literacy.

Panicker travelled through the state and went from village to village, talking about the values of reading. In his lifetime, he was able to bring about libraries within the network. He was the General Secretary of the association for 32 years — till In the year, the association was taken over by the State government, and became the Kerala State Library Council. Once the Sangham was taken over and converted into Kerala State Library Council, Panicker was disappointed by the political interference.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the National Reading Day. In the present situations, the P. Leave a comment. Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Join India's largest learning destination What You Will get? Continue with Facebook. Forgot Password? Don't have an Account? Sign up.