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Who assassinated Ashe, the district collector of Tirunelveli, who was also known as Collector Dorai in a railway station?

  1. Vanchinathan

  2. Bhagat Singh

  3. Shivaram Rajguru

  4. Sukhdev Thapar
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Vanchinathan, a Tamil independence activist, assassinated Robert William Ashe (District Collector of Tirunelveli, also known as Collector Dorai) at Maniyachi Railway station in 1911. This was in retaliation for the suppression of freedom movement activities, and Vanchinathan subsequently committed suicide.

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