Tiruppur Kumaran

Tiruppur Kumaran

Tiruppur Kumaran (1904 - 1932) was an Indian revolutionary, who participated in the Indian independence movement. Kumaran was born in Chennimalai, a small town in the Erode District in Tamil Nadu region of south India. Kumaran died from injuries sustained from a Police assault during a protest march against the British colonial government. Kumaran died holding the flag of the Indian Nationalists, which had been banned by the British.

Kumaran is revered as a martyr in Tamil Nadu and is known by the epithet "Kodi Kaththa Kumaran" - Kumaran who saved the Flag.

Commemoration

A commemorative stamp was issued in October 2004, on his 100th birth anniversary. [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/872180.cms Times of India article on the Commemorative stamp.] ] His statue in Tirupur is used as a focal point for public demonstrations. [ [http://www.thehindu.com/2006/08/16/stories/2006081615090300.htm Article in "The Hindu"] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Stamps2004.html Indiapost - 2004 commemorative stamps]
* [http://www.tn.gov.in/tamiltngov/memorial/tprkum.htm Memorial, Government of Tamil Nadu] - in Tamil


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