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Umaji was the first Ramoshi Freedom Fighter who fought against British Council. Umaji Naik, known honorifically as Vishwa Krantiveer Narveer Raje Umaji Naik (7 September 1791 – 3 February 1832), was an Indian revolutionary who challenged the British rule in India around 1826 to 1832. He was one of the earliest freedom fighter of India.
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 ...
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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.
Kovai Subri was born in Coimbatore in 1898. He was the fifth child of Parvathi and S.V.R. Krishna Iyer, an advocate in Coimbatore and was named Subramaniam, after the deity at Chennimalai.
Bharathi's poetry expressed progressive and reformist ideals. His poetry was a forerunner to modern Tamil poetry in different aspects and combined classical and contemporary elements. He penned thousands of verses on diverse topics like Indian Nationalism, love, children, nature, glory of the Tamil language, and odes to prominent freedom fighters.
Periyar declared that the Self-Respect Movement alone could be the genuine freedom movement, and political freedom would not be fruitful without individual self-respect. [6] He remarked that the so-called 'Indian freedom fighters' were showing disrespect of self-respect, and this was really an irrational philosophy. [9]
Tamil nationalism was the primary basis of its ideology. [156] LTTE claimed to strive for a democratic, secular state that is based on socialism. [157] Its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was influenced by Indian freedom fighters such as Subhas Chandra Bose. [158]