Early Life
Karunakara Menon was born in a Nair family (Cozhisseri Tharavadu) of Parappanangadi,Malabar district, Madras Presidency. He graduated in law from the University of Madras and joined The Hindu as a sub-editor.
On graduation, he plunged into public life in 1890 when he opposed the Malabar Marriage Bill of T. Muthuswamy Iyer. Menon's opposition to the bill impressed Muthuswamy Iyer to such an extent that a close friendship developed between the two. During this time, Menon also developed friendship with T. Madhava Rao.
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