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List Of Freedom Fighters In Tamil Nadu
Tamil nadu played a major role in Indian Independence apart from work of Mahatma Gandhi and other
notable leaders. Many Freedom fighters of Tamil nadu opposed British rule. In this article you can find list
of freedom fighters from Tamil nadu who served for Indian Independence.
List Of Freedom Fighters In Tamil nadu
Freedom fighters from Tamil Nadu
S.No Names Periods Details Movement
He his one of the well
known tamil poet who
wrote poem’s regarding Indian independence
Subramania
1 1882-1921 patriotism, caste and movement against
Bharati
religious view. He fought British
for caste system in
Tamilnadu
He started “Desa Bandhu
Youth Association” by
grouping the youths and
Indian independence
Tiruppur February young persons from
2 movement against
Kumaran 6, 1900 Tamilnadu to struggle
British
against the British
government to get
freedom
first queen to fight
veera mangai
3 1730-1796 against the British
velunachiyar
colonial power in India.
On June 17, 1911, Vanchi
assassinated Ashe, the Freedom Fighter who
4 vanchinathan 1886-1911 district collector of sought arms against
Tirunelveli, who was also British
known as Collector Dorai
veerapandiya one of the earliest to
5 1760-1799
kattabomman oppose the British rule
He was the first man in
vo chidambaram Tamilnadu who started
6 1872-1936 Freedom Fighter
pillai shipping trade between
Tuticorin and Coloumbo
Dheeran Freedom Fighter against
7 1756-1805
chinnamalai British
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4. List Of Freedom Fighters In Tamil Nadu
S.No Names Periods Details Movement
subramaniya
8 1884-1925 Freedom Fighter
siva
They are the first to
maruthu
9 1748-1801 Proclamation of
pandiyar
Independence
He established many
He is simple man fought plans for education such
for our freedom so he was as “Sathunavu thittam”
10 K. Kamaraj 1903-1975
well known as “Gandhi of which influenced many
Tamilnadu” poor students to gain
education
He founded a Tamil
Rettamalai newspaper
11 1860-1945
Srinivasan called Paraiyan in October
1893
He was the person who
He was the first person in
started Self-Respect
12 E.V.Ramasamy 1870-1973 Tamilnadu who speak
Movement or the
about Women rights
Dravidian Movement
Sahgal is commonly
referred to in India as she organised relief
“Captain Lakshmi”, a camps and medical aid
13 Lakshmi Sehgal 1914-2012 reference to her rank in Calcutta for refugees
when taken prisoner in who streamed into India
Burma during the Second from Bangladesh
World War.
She was among the first
women to join the Indian
She was determined to
National Army organised
join the women’s wing,
Janaky Athi during the Japanese
14 1925-2014 the Rani of Jhansi
Nahappan occupation of Malaya to
Regiment of the Indian
fight for Indian
National Army
independence with the
Japanese
Sir S.
15 1842-1924
Subramania Iyer
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4. List Of Freedom Fighters In Tamil Nadu
S.No Names Periods Details Movement
In 1898, Subramania Iyer
relinquished his claims
over ‘The Hindu’ and
G. Subramania concentrated his energies
16 1855-1916
Iyer on Swadesamitran, the
Tamil language
newspaper which he had
started in 1882
P. S. Sivaswami Iyer
(1919). Martial law
Sir P. S.
17 1864-1946 administration in the
Sivaswami Iyer
Panjab. As described by
the official witnesses.
Pillai was the foreign
minister of the Provisional
Government of India set
up
in Kabul, Afghanistan on 1
December 1915,
with Raja Mahendra
Pratapas President Indian Independence
Champakaraman
10 1891-1934 and Maulana movement, Indo-German
Pillai
Barkatullah as Prime Conspiracy
Minister. However, the
defeat of the Germans in
the war shattered the
hopes of the
revolutionaries, and the
British forced them out of
Afghanistan in 1919.
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4. List Of Freedom Fighters In Tamil Nadu
S.No Names Periods Details Movement
Satyamurti was the
President of the provincial
wing of the Swaraj
Party from 1930 to 1934
and the Tamil Nadu
Congress Committee from
19 Sathyamurthy 1887-1943
1936 to 1939. He was a
member of the Imperial
Legislative Council from
1934 to 1940
and Mayor of Madras from
1939 to 1943.
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