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The great soul Gandhiji was born on October 2nd.Whatever and howmuchever said about Gandhiji is incomplete.He knew the pulse of people.For all his movements people initially opposed but eventually most of them agreed to his principles.He had the will to stop riots by just fasting.We all should try to adapt his sayings into our lives. If [...]

                                P. Kakkan(b.June 18, 1908 – d.December 23, 1981) was a Dalit leader, freedom fighter and Indian politician who served as M.L.A and M.P and in various ministerial posts in Congress Governments in the erstwhile Madras state between 1957 and 1967.                                Kakkan was drawn to the independence movement from an early stage in his life. [...]

Mahakavi Bharathiyar

Posted: December 11, 2008 in History
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Subramania Bharati (சுப்பிரமணிய பாரதி) (December 11, 1882 – September 11, 1921) was a Tamil poet from Tamil Nadu, India, independence fighter and reformer. Mahakkavi Subramanya Bharathiyar, one of the greatest tamil poets of this century, and a brave freedom fighter, need not to be introduced to tamils, and even to any Indian. Bharathi’s literary works [...]