Tiruppur Kumaran

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Tiruppur Kumaran (1904 - 1932) was an Indian revolutionary, who participated in the Indian independence movement. Kumaran was born in a small village in the 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.

[edit] Commemoration

A commemorative stamp was issued in October 2004, on his 100th birth anniversary.[1] His statue in Tirupur is used as a focal point for public demonstrations.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Times of India article on the Commemorative stamp.
  2. ^ Article in The Hindu

[edit] External links


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