PASUMPON MUTHURAMALINGA THEVAR

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• The Prime Minister of India paid tributes to freedom fighter, Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar on 30th October.

About Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar

• Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar (1908-1963) was a politician and the leader of the Thevar community from Tamil Nadu.
• In 1920, The Criminal Tribes Act (CTA) had been enacted by the Madras government. Thevar mobilised resistance to it, touring villages in the affected areas and leading protest rallies for the rights of the individuals registered under it.
  • At the time the Justice Party was governing the Madras Presidency.
• He contested the election from the Mudukulathur constituency, defeating his Justice Party opponent.
• When the Congress Socialist Party began to mobilise in the Madras Presidency in 1936, Thevar joined their ranks.
• During the late 1930s, Thevar became increasingly involved in labour activities. He formed and led the Pasumalai Mahalaskshmi Mill Workers' Union, the Meenakshi Mill Workers' Union and the Madura Knitting Company Labour Union.
• Thevar attended the Tripuri Indian National Congress in 1939. At this meeting, the presidency of Subhas Chandra Bose was challenged by Pattabhi Sitaramayya. Sitaramayya had the active support of Gandhi. Bose, whom Thevar supported, was re-elected as the Congress President.
• Thevar, who was disillusioned by the official Congress leadership, joined the Forward Bloc. When Bose visited the state immediately after the formation of the Forward Bloc in 1939.
• The birth anniversary of Muthuramalinga Thevar on October 30 is celebrated annually as ‘Thevar Jayanthi’ by the Thevar community in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu.

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