Tag: social reform movements

On 17 June 1911, Vanchinathan shot Ashe, the district collector of Tirunelveli, who was also known as Collector Dorai. He shot Ashe at point-blank range when Ashe's train had stopped at the Maniyachi station, en route to Madras. He committed suicide thereafter. The railway station has since been renamed Vanchi Maniyachi

In 1919, Sundara Sastri Satyamurti was chosen by the Congress as its representative to Britain to protest the Rowlatt Act and the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms that were unpopular within India.

Kumarasami Kamaraj , was a leader of the Indian National Congress, widely acknowledged as the "Kingmaker" in Indian politics during the 1960s. He served as Congress president for four years between 1964-1967 and was responsible for the elevation of Lal Bahadur Shastri to the position of Prime Minister of India after Indira Gandhi turned down the same at the time of Jawaharlal Nehru death.

Sundara Sastri Satyamurti, an Indian independence activist and leading Congress politician of Madras Presidency, was born on 19 August 1887 in Thirumayam (Pudukkottai) in present-day Tamil Nadu. He died on 28 March 1943. He is also regarded as the mentor of Madras state chief minister and senior Congress leader K. Kamaraj.

Tiruppur Kumaran (04th October 1904 11 January 1932) was an Indian revolutionary who participated in the Indian independence movement. Kumaran was born in Chennimalai in Madras Presidency, British India (current Erode district in Tamil Nadu). He founded Desa Bandhu Youth Association and led protests against the British.

M.G.Ramachandran in 1972 launched a political party after the name of CN Anndurai which was Anna Dravida (ADMK)

C Subramania Bharati was a Tamil writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist and social reformer from Tamil Nadu, India. He belonged to the Extremist wing of the Congress party. He participated in the historic Surat Congress in 1907 and  supported Tilak's extremist views.

C. Rajagopalachari was born on 10, December 1878 at Thorappalli. He became the staunch follower of Gandhiji. In 1930, he broke the salt laws at Vedaranyam. He started his march to Vedaranyam from Thiruchirapali with hundreds of volunteers to break the salt laws.

General Sir John Craddock was Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army at the time of Vellore mutiny, made it compulsory for all solders to wear a round hat, which was largely associated with Europeans and Christians in place of the turban they had been wearing.