George Joseph (activist)

George Joseph (5 June 1887 5 March 1938) was a lawyer and Indian independence activist. One of the earliest and among the most prominent Syrian Christians from Kerala to join the freedom struggle, George's working life in Madurai and is remembered for his role in the Home Rule agitation and the Vaikom Satyagraha and for his editorship of Motilal Nehru's The Independent and Mahatma Gandhi's Young India.

George Joseph
Born5 June 1887 (1887-06-05)
Chengannur, Travancore
Died5 March 1938 (1938-03-06) (aged 50)
Madurai, Madras Presidency, British India
Occupation(s)Indian independence activist
lawyer
Political partyIndian National Congress
Other political
affiliations
Justice Party
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