History lesson for Rashmun

I used to post Tamil Nadu history for you. Then I stopped. Since you showed your lack of knowledge of TN recently, here is one more lesson

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Rashmun wrote

>>>> the average UPwalah should take pride in the fact that his ancestors were in the forefront of the fight against the british in the 1857 war of independence


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Despite Hindian gov propaganda, 1857 is not the first uprising against British in South asia.


Indian Government deliberately tries to hide historical facts such as Maruthu Pandiyar's fight against the British. Indian Government celebrated the 100-th anniversary of the Sepoy mutiny with great fanfare. There were numerous programs about the mutiny in the Indian Government controlled All India Radio. But not even a mention was made in All India Radio about Maruthu Pandiyar led rebellion against the British on its 150-th anniversary.



[UPDATE added in October 2010: Indian Parliament commemorated in 2007 the 150th anniversary of north-Indian Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 as the First Indian Independence War but there was no such commemorat of the 200th anniversary of the south-Indian Vellore Mutiny in 2006. This seems to have irked the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Ms. Jayalalithaa Jeyaram. On August 14, 2007, she expressed shock at the National Implementation Committee for Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the First War of Independence for not recognizing stalwarts and heroes from India’s southern peninsula. She pointed out that chieftains from Tamil Nadu waged wars against British rule well before 1857. She recalled the role of Pulithevan, Velunachiyar, Muthuramalinga Vijayaragunatha Sethupathy and the Maruthu Pandiar brothers in the fight against British rule. She said, "Ms. Velunachiyar’s role was no less than that of the Jhansi Rani". [Jhansi Rani was from north India.] In September 2010, Indian Government Ministry of Culture announced grants of Rupees 2 crore (20 million) each to conduct research on 12 freedom fighters from north-Indian Sepoy Mutiny but nothing to do research on south-Indian Vellore Mutiny or any of the freedom fighters from Tamil Nadu or other southern states. Thus Tamil Nadu's early wars against British rule were ignored and swept under the rug while north_indian wars are researched and publicized

oh no, there goes my weekend.

Hey Kayar,

Tell me, which party was supported by a famous SI leader - The Justice Party or Congress?

Also, enlighten us which SI leader didn't believe that Indians were ready for independence?

While you are at it, let us know which leader, during the "Quit India" march, removed his shirt in Chennai and dared the police to shoot him!

How is butcher Prabhakaran doing in the frying oil?

Also, guess where the idea of caste-based reservations has started!

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:While you are at it, let us know which leader, during the "Quit India" march, removed his shirt in Chennai and dared the police to shoot him!

Simon Commission, guruvu-gaaru, not Quit India.

Right! Thanks.