Unit 5

KP Janaki Amal

- born in madurai - "vekkam ketta vellai kokkugalai viratta viratta vaarigala?" - first woman to be arrested by british in south india - social service

kamarajar

- born in ramanathapuram - participated in vaikam satyagraha - followed gandhi's non-cooperation - campaigned on khadi and abstinence - participated in individual satyagraha and quit india movement -chief minister of tamil nadu - opened schools in tamil nadu and promoted literacy by providing mid-day meals

Marudu brothers (ayyyy)

- chinnamarudu and periyamarudhu - ruled sivagangai - freedom fighters - hanged by british on 24th october 1801 in tirupattur, sivagangai

thiran chinnamalai

- commander during second palaiyakara war of 1801-1802 - guerrilla warfare - captured by british in 1805 - executed with his 2 brothers at sangakarai fort

anjalai amal

- first woman to participate in non-cooperation movement of 1921 -in 1932 organized an alcohol strike to rally public in support of gandhi's abolitionist policy - refused to receive martyr's pension after indian independence

kattabomman

- fought against british 60 years before war of independence - waged war against them - First palaiyakara war of 1799 - hanged publicly at kayathar

(VOC) valliappan ulaganathan chidambaram

- freedom fighter - broadened base of swadeshi movement - founded swadeshi steam navigation company - started first indian ferry service between tuticorin and colombo with help of indigenous steam navigation company

thillaiyaddy valliamai

- influenced by civil disobedience movement (gandhi) in south africa - arrested and imprisoned in maritzburg - althoutgh released, poor jail conditions caused her to die at the age of 16

tirupur kumaran

- inspired by gandhian ideals -carried indian national flag as a symbol of india's freedom struggle - despite being attacked, he held the flag firmly in his hands and was beaten to death by the british

bharatiyar

- poet, writer, journalist, reformer, freedom fighter - ran magazines like vijaya and india -propagated liberation war

Poolidevan

- polygar ruler of nerkattan sevvalai - first to shout out "quit india movement' (1755) - won 15 out of 17 battles against East India Company's forces

Padmasani

- sacrificed her own children during the freedom struggle - memorized bharatiyar's songs and sang them from village to village

Velu nachiar

-born in ramanathapuram(1730) -first queen to actively oppose british rule - fought with hyder ali and gopala nayak against the british and won - first to train female soldiers in late 1700s

MPS

-participated in freedom struggle and went to jail -best orator of congress at the time -researched and wrote the history of V.O.Chitambaranar (sailing tamilan)