Payyannur was the main venue of the Salt Satyagraha in Malabar, reached on foot from Kozhikode under K. Kelappan

Background

Payyannur was the main venue of the Salt Satyagraha, a major turning point in the Indian Freedom Movement, in Malabar.
On 13 April 1930, a batch of Congress volunteers under the leadership of K. Kelappan started on foot from Kozhikode to the beaches of Payyannur.
They broke the salt laws there on April 21.
The Satyagraha camp at Payyannur was raided and the campers were beaten up.
The Uliyath Kadav Payyanur incident became a turning point in the history of the freedom struggle in Kerala.
Kannur District also saw the revolt led by Pazhassi Raja in the 1792-1806 period, one of the longest and bloodiest resistances to British rule in India.