Actor MGR& #39;s father (Melakath Gopala Menon) was banished in 1903 Smarthavicharam trial and he moved to Ceylon.

In the 1903 trial, the widowed Antharjanam confessed to having slept with 15 men.

The 15 men and the widow, were Banished from Kerala. 1/2

1903 trail was the first Smarthavicharam trial of the 20th century according to the book & #39;Avasanathe Smartha Vicharam& #39; by AMN Chakyar.

Melakath Gopala Menon was a judicial officer at Trichur.

He later married Satyabhama, an Ezhava, belonging to Marudur family of Palakkad.

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