Kumaran or Kumarasamy Mudaliyar also known as Tiruppur Kumaran or Kodi Kaatha Kumaran (4 October 1904 – 11 January 1932) was an

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revolutionary and freedom fighter who participated in the

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Biography

Kumarasamy Mudaliyar was born in

Chennimalai Chennimalai is a town in Erode district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is popularly known as the 'Handloom Town'. History Kodumanal is a village located near Chennimalai in the Erode district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was onc ...

in Madras Presidency,

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(present-day Erode district in

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

). His parents were Nachimuthu Mudaliyar and Karuppaayi. He founded the Desa Bandhu Youth Association and led protests against the

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. He died from injuries sustained from a police assault on the banks of

Noyyal River The Noyyal River is a small river in Western Tamil Nadu, and a tributary of Kaveri River. It rises from the Vellingiri hills in the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu, very close to Kerala border, and flows through many villages and the cities of ...

Tiruppur Tiruppur or Tirupur ( ) is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Tiruppur is the administrative headquarters of Tiruppur district and the fifth largest city as well as an urban agglomeration in Tamil Nadu. Located on the banks of Noyyal Ri ...

during a protest march against the British government on 11 January 1932. At the time of his death, he was holding the flag of the Indian Nationalists, which had been banned by the British giving rise to the epithet ''kodi Kaatha Kumaran'' in Tamil which means "Kumaran who protected the flag".

Honors

A commemorative stamp was issued by

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in October 2004 on his 100th birth anniversary. A statue has been erected in

Tirupur Tiruppur or Tirupur ( ) is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Tiruppur is the administrative headquarters of Tiruppur district and the fifth largest city as well as an urban agglomeration in Tamil Nadu. Located on the banks of Noyyal ...

in his honor which is often used as a focal point for public demonstrations.

References

Indian revolutionaries 1904 births 1932 deaths Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu People from Erode district {{India-hist-stub