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The Indian independence movement had a long history in the Tamil-speaking districts of the then Madras Presidency going back to the 18th century.. The first resistance to the British was offered by the legendary Since then there had been rebellions by polygars such as the Puli Thevar, Veeramangai Velu Nachiyar, Muthu Vaduganatha Periyavudaya Thevar, Ondiveeran, Marudu brothers, Veerapandiya ...
Tiruppur Kumaran also known as Kodi Kaatha Kumaran (4 October 1904 – 11 January 1932) was an Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter who participated in the Indian independence movement. He is said to have held up the Indian tricolor flag even during his death. Kumaran was born as Kumaraswamy Mudaliyar.
Pages in category "Indian independence movement in Tamil Nadu" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Arbuthnot Bank crash led to the fall of Arbuthnot & Co, a premier British-owned financial institution in Madras Presidency, British India in October 1906. The incident is considered to be one of the key events which influenced the Indian independence movement in Tamil Nadu.
Chempakaraman Pillai (alias Venkidi; [1] 15 September 1891 – 26 May 1934) was an Indian-born political activist and revolutionary. [2] Born in Thiruvananthapuram, to Tamil parents, he left for Europe as a youth, where he spent the rest of his active life as an Indian nationalist and revolutionary.
Since the 1969 election victory of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) under C N Annadurai, Tamil nationalism has been a permanent feature of the government of Tamil Nadu. The DMK came to power positively on the plank of opposing Hindi monopoly/imposition. Prior to coming to power, they also openly declared to fight for Tamil independence from India.
Sankaralinganar was an Indian Tamil independence activist and Gandhian from Indian union who fasted to death in an effort to change the name of Madras State to Tamil Nadu. [1] He was a Tamil Nadu statehood activist.
G. S. Lakshmanan Iyer (1918 – 2 January 2011) was an Indian freedom fighter from Gobichettipalayam, Tamil Nadu, India. He was imprisoned for more than five years during India's freedom struggle . He has been credited with having done a lot toward the improvement of the poor and oppressed, and he donated most of his assets to that cause. [ 1 ]