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Category: Underrated Legends
The nationalist who still sends shivers down the spine of Dravidian demagogues
The day was June 23, 1933. Kamarajar who was to contest the Virudhunagar municipal elections was…
Chempakaraman Pillai – The Revolutionary from Tamil Nadu who coined the ‘Jai Hind’ slogan for India
Jai Hind is a salutation and slogan that originally meant “Victory to India” but has come…
Radhabinod Pal, the Indian legal luminary celebrated by Japan
Very few Indians today remember Radhabinod Pal. That too, they might of heard of him after…
Veeran Sundaralingam Kudumbanar, The Army General of Kattabomman
During Krishna Devaraya’s rule, Tamil Nadu was split into 64 settlements and Palayakkars/Poligars were granted the…
Marudhu Pandiar brothers, the chieftains who declared Independence from British 56 years before the 1857 war of Independence
10th June 1801. Two brothers who were ruling the region of Sivagangai, declared from the ramparts…
Chennamma, the Queen of Kittur who led the rebellion against the British in the South
While the entire country is aware of the valiant queen Rani Laxmibai, popularly known as ‘Jhansi…
Remembering Dr. T. Ao, the barefooted Indian football legend
July 31, 1948. The football team of sovereign India was at the London Olympics playing against…
The less heard women voices of the freedom struggle
India enters its 74th year of independence this August 15th. Due to the chaotic situation the…
Khudiram Bose, the revolutionary who smiled in the face of death at 18
At 18 years old, facing death would be the last thing that one would wish for,…