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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 ...
Indian independence movement in Tamil Nadu; 0–9. 1921 Buckingham and Carnatic Mills strike; 1928 South Indian railway strike; 1932 Madras and Southern Mahratta ...
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.
The Republic of India has hundreds of languages. [4] During the British Raj, English was the official language.When the Indian independence movement gained momentum in the early part of the 20th century, efforts were undertaken to make Hindi as a common language to unite linguistic groups against the British government.
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.
Indian independence movement in Tamil Nadu, the movement in the present-day Tamil Nadu state of India; Indian Independence League, an Indian nationalist political organisation in Japanese occupied Southeast Asia; Indian Independence Committee or Berlin Committee, Indian independence organization and conspiracy circle in Germany during World War ...
Pages in category "Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu" The following 90 pages are in this category, out of 90 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A school teacher and an Indian independence activist, he actively participated and fought for independence during the Quit India Movement of 1942. Raja Nahar Singh A Great Jat Ruler of the princely state of Ballabhgarh , he had secured the road from Delhi Gate (Delhi) to Bhadrapur (Bharatpur), who drove the British away from the parganas of ...