A move for a united Kerala gained momentum soon after the attainment of Indian Independence and the introduction of responsible governments in Travancore and Cochin.

Rulers of Kerala
Marthanda Varma	Dharma Raja	Bala Rama Varma	Rani Gouri Lekshmi Bayi	Gouri Parvathi Bayi	Swathi Thirunal
Utram Thirunal Marthanda Varma	Ayilyam Thirunal	Visakham Tirunal	Sri Moolam Thirunal	Sethu Lakshmi Bayi	Sri Chitra Thirunal Balarama Varma

Leaders of Renaissance in Kerala
Chattambi Swamikal	Sivayogi	Narayana Guru	Ayyankali	Chavara Acchan	Thycaud Ayya
Vaikunda Swami	Bhattathiripad	Dr. Palpu	AK Gopalan	Kumaran Asan	Kunchiraman
Karuppan	Mannathu	Vakkom

Famous Personalities
Tagore	Nehru	Annie Besant	A Ghosh	Bankim Chandra	BG Tilak
Ambedkar	C Das	Rajagopalachari	Azad	Naroji	Gokhale
Lajpat Rai	Iqbal	Jinnah	S Naidu	V Bhave	Patel
R Kovind	APJ Kalam	Indira	R Prasad	PVN Rao	Rajeev
Vivekananda	Vidyasagar	SC Bose	Gandhi	Teresa	LB Shastri
Vajpayee	Modi	S Swaraj	Khudiram	Malaviya	BC Pal
G Nanda	Morarji	Chandra Shekhar	Deve Gowda	IK Gujral	VP Singh
Charan Singh	Manmohan	Bhagat Singh	Madam Cama	Mohan Roy	Veer Savarkar
E M S Namboodiripad	Jyoti Basu	Deendayal Upadhyaya	Maulana Azad