the angamaly firing was an incident that took place in angamaly, kerala, on 13 june 1959, when police opened fire on protesters who had been demonstrating against kerala's communist government. seven people were killed resulting in the intensification of vimochana samaram, a protest against the then communist led government. incidentally, it happened on the 50th birthday of e. m. s. namboothiripad, the then chief minister of kerala.