Role of Tamil Nadu in Freedom Struggle
Learn why Tamil Nadu's freedom struggle combined anti-colonial and anti-caste aims and how the 1852 Madras Native Association worked.
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Tamil Nadu Freedom Struggle and Madras Native Association
Learn why Tamil Nadu's freedom struggle combined anti-colonial and anti-caste aims and how the 1852 Madras Native Association worked.
Open article →Nationalist Press: The Hindu and Swadesamitran, 1877-1899
Trace the press reaction to T. Muthuswami's judgeship and the founding of The Hindu, Swadesamitran and other Indian newspapers.
Open article →Madras Mahajana Sabha and Congress Sessions, 1884-1887
Study the Sabha's founders, offices and demands, the Adyar meeting, Madras delegates and the first three Congress sessions.
Open article →Tamil Moderates and Madras Presidency Context
Learn constitutional moderate methods, the complete textbook leader list and the broad territory then included in Madras Presidency.
Open article →Swadeshi in Tamil Nadu: Shipping and Tirunelveli, 1905-1908
Follow public mobilisation, Tamil patriotic culture, V.O.C.'s shipping enterprise, Coral Mills strike, arrests and Tirunelveli uprising.
Open article →Pondicherry Revolutionaries, Bharata Matha and Ashe, 1904-1911
Study London-Paris training, Pondicherry publications, the secret Bharata Matha Society and Vanchinathan's 1911 action.
Open article →Annie Besant, Home Rule League and Publications, 1910-1916
Learn the Irish model, 1916 league, leading assistants, nominal allegiance demand, newspapers, books and Press Act pressure.
Open article →Non-Brahmin Organisations and Justice Ministry, 1912-1923
Follow the Madras Dravidian Association, hostel, 1916 federation meeting and the first two Justice Party ministries.
Open article →Rowlatt Satyagraha, George Joseph and Khilafat, 1919-1920
Study detention without trial, Marina meetings, worker-women participation, George Joseph and Tamil Nadu's Khilafat centres.
Open article →Non-Cooperation in Tamil Nadu: Tax, Temperance and Unity, 1920-1922
Learn Rajaji-EVR leadership, Hindu-Muslim cooperation, boycotts, Thanjavur no-tax, temperance, arrests and withdrawal.
Open article →Swarajists, Subbarayan, Simon and Neill Statue, 1922-1937
Follow the no-changer debate, 1926 ministry, 1927-1929 Simon boycott, Justice rule and the Neill statue's removal.
Open article →Poorna Swaraj, Vedaranyam and District Agitations, 1927-1932
Trace the 1927-1930 independence declarations, complete Vedaranyam march, district protests, Rukmani, Bhashyam and Tirupur Kumaran.
Open article →First Congress Ministry and Anti-Hindi Agitation, 1935-1940
Learn the 1935 Act elections, Rajaji's ministry and taxes, resignation, anti-Hindi coalition, prison deaths and policy withdrawal.
Open article →Quit India in Tamil Nadu: Kamaraj, Workers and INA, 1942-1947
Follow the 8 August resolution, Kamaraj's underground work, strikes, students and INA participation, suppression and independence.
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