🔆 Sir C. Sankaran Nair – A Forgotten Reformist 📍 Legacy & Politics ✅ Only Keralite to preside over the Indian National Congress. ✅ Both BJP & Congress seek to claim his legacy, but his ideological depth resists labels. 📍 Views on Gandhi & Methods ✅ Criticized Gandhi’s contradiction between Ahimsa and caste. ✅ Opposed non-cooperation & Khilafat, upheld constitutionalism. ✅ Yet shared admiration for village republics and supported social reforms. 📍 Liberal Humanist & Secularist ✅ Influenced by Western liberal thought – Macaulay, Mill. ✅ Advocated free speech, English education, and women’s emancipation. ✅ Opposed mixing religion with politics. 📍 Courage & Contributions ✅ Condemned Jallianwala Bagh despite being in British Council. ✅ Backed caste reforms, rejected extreme nationalism, and supported grassroots empowerment. 📍 Recognition ✅ Autobiography revived by granddaughter in 1966. ✅ Still underrepresented in Indian historiography.