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	'''Sasi Perumal''' ({{~~lang-~~ta\|சசி பெருமாள்}}) ({{circa\|1955}}<ref>According to sources, Sasi Perumal was 59 or 60 at the time of his death, so he was born in 1954, 1955 or 1956.</ref> – 31 July 2015) was a [[Gandhian]] activist and anti-liquor activist from [[Salem district\|Salem]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Gandhian Sasi Perumal dies while holding anti-liquor protest at Marthandam in Tamil Nadu\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Gandhian-Sasi-Perumal-dies-while-holding-anti-liquor-protest-at-Marthandam-in-Tamil-Nadu/articleshow/48295211.cms\|accessdate=31 July 2015\|agency=Times of India\|issue=31 July 2015}}</ref> He protested for the enforcement of prohibition in Tamil Nadu for over four decades.<ref name="nie">{{cite news\|title=Gandhian Sasi Perumal Dies While Staging Demonstration Atop Cellphone Tower\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Gandhian-Sasi-Perumal-Dies-While-Staging-Demonstration-Atop-Cellphone-Tower/2015/07/31/article2950283.ece\|accessdate=31 July 2015\|agency=New Indian Express\|issue=31 July 2015}}</ref>		{{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2024}}
	He died near [[Marthandam]] in Kanyakumari after staging a demonstration atop a BSNL tower for the removal of a [[TASMAC]] outlet near a church at Unnamalaikkadai.<ref name="nie" /><ref>{{cite news\|title=Gandhian dies for prohibition\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/gandhian-dies-for-prohibition/article7487608.ece\|accessdate=2 August 2015\|agency=The Hindu\|issue=01 August 2015}}</ref>		{{Use Indian English\|date=August 2024}}
			'''Sasi Perumal''' ({{langx\|ta\|சசி பெருமாள்}}) ({{circa\|1955}}<ref>According to sources, Sasi Perumal was 59 or 60 at the time of his death, so he was born in 1954, 1955 or 1956.</ref> – 31 July 2015) was a [[Gandhian]] activist and [[anti-liquor activist]] from [[Salem district\|Salem]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=Gandhian Sasi Perumal dies while holding anti-liquor protest at Marthandam in Tamil Nadu\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Gandhian-Sasi-Perumal-dies-while-holding-anti-liquor-protest-at-Marthandam-in-Tamil-Nadu/articleshow/48295211.cms\|accessdate=31 July 2015\|agency=Times of India\|issue=31 July 2015}}</ref> He protested for the enforcement of prohibition in Tamil Nadu for over four decades.<ref name="nie">{{cite news\|title=Gandhian Sasi Perumal Dies While Staging Demonstration Atop Cellphone Tower\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Gandhian-Sasi-Perumal-Dies-While-Staging-Demonstration-Atop-Cellphone-Tower/2015/07/31/article2950283.ece\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803013351/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Gandhian-Sasi-Perumal-Dies-While-Staging-Demonstration-Atop-Cellphone-Tower/2015/07/31/article2950283.ece\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=3 August 2015\|accessdate=31 July 2015\|agency=New Indian Express\|issue=31 July 2015}}</ref>
			He died near [[Marthandam]] in Kanyakumari after staging a demonstration atop a BSNL tower for the removal of a [[TASMAC]] outlet near a church at Unnamalaikkadai.<ref name="nie" /><ref>{{cite news\|title=Gandhian dies for prohibition\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/gandhian-dies-for-prohibition/article7487608.ece\|accessdate=2 August 2015\|agency=The Hindu\|issue=1 August 2015}}</ref>

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	== Death ==		== Death ==
	Sasi Perumal died on 31 July 2015 while climbing down from mobile tower after staging a protest. He was accidentally pierced by a rod which led to a fall. He had been protesting for the shifting of a [[TASMAC]] outlet in [[Unnamalaikadai]], a panchayat town in [[Kanyakumari district]].		Sasi Perumal died on 31 July 2015 while climbing down from mobile tower after staging a protest. He was accidentally pierced by a rod which led to a fall. He had been protesting for the shifting of a [[TASMAC]] outlet in [[Unnamalaikadai]], a panchayat town in [[Kanyakumari district]].{{fact\|date=August 2024}}

	His death sparked a series of violent protests in Tamil Nadu. On 3 August 2015, [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam\|MDMK]] general secretary [[Vaiko]] was charged with rioting after a demonstration in his native village, [[Kalingapatty]]. On 5 August, a 40-year-old TASMAC employee was killed when a kerosene bottle was thrown in his shop. With [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly\|State Assembly]] elections due in 2016, many political parties including the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam\|DMK]] have pronounced themselves in favour of prohibition.<ref name="nm">{{cite web \|url=http://www.frontline.in/the-nation/new-momentum/article7549939.ece \|title=New Momentum \|date=18 August 2015 \|publisher=[[Frontline (magazine)\|Frontline]] \|access-date=6 September 2015 }} </ref>		His death sparked a series of violent protests in Tamil Nadu. On 3 August 2015, [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam\|MDMK]] general secretary [[Vaiko]] was charged with rioting after a demonstration in his native village, [[Kalingapatty]]. On 5 August, a 40-year-old TASMAC employee was killed when a kerosene bottle was thrown in his shop. With [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly\|State Assembly]] elections due in 2016, many political parties including the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam\|DMK]] have pronounced themselves in favour of prohibition.<ref name="nm">{{cite web \|url=http://www.frontline.in/the-nation/new-momentum/article7549939.ece \|title=New Momentum \|date=18 August 2015 \|publisher=[[Frontline (magazine)\|Frontline]] \|access-date=6 September 2015 }}</ref>

	== Private life ==		== Private life ==
	Sasi Perumal was born S. K. Perumal in a farming family. He changed his name to Sasi in memory of Tamil actor Sasikumar who died in 1974. He had two sons from a first marriage and a daughter with his second wife Makilam Ammal.<ref name="omc">{{cite web \|url=http://www.frontline.in/the-nation/one-mans-crusade/article7549956.ece \|title=One ~~man’s~~ crusade \|last1=Rajasekaran \|first1=Ilangovan \|date=19 August 2015 \|publisher=[[Frontline (magazine)\|Frontline]] \|access-date=6 September 2015 }} </ref>		Sasi Perumal was born S. K. Perumal in a farming family. He changed his name to Sasi in memory of Tamil actor Sasikumar who died in 1974. He had two sons from a first marriage and a daughter with his second wife Makilam Ammal.<ref name="omc">{{cite web \|url=http://www.frontline.in/the-nation/one-mans-crusade/article7549956.ece \|title=One man's crusade \|last1=Rajasekaran \|first1=Ilangovan \|date=19 August 2015 \|publisher=[[Frontline (magazine)\|Frontline]] \|access-date=6 September 2015 }} </ref>

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'''Sasi Perumal''' ({{lang-ta|சசி பெருமாள்}}) ({{circa|1955}}<ref>According to sources, Sasi Perumal was 59 or 60 at the time of his death, so he was born in 1954, 1955 or 1956.</ref> – 31 July 2015) was a [[Gandhian]] activist and anti-liquor activist from [[Salem district|Salem]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Gandhian Sasi Perumal dies while holding anti-liquor protest at Marthandam in Tamil Nadu|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Gandhian-Sasi-Perumal-dies-while-holding-anti-liquor-protest-at-Marthandam-in-Tamil-Nadu/articleshow/48295211.cms|accessdate=31 July 2015|agency=Times of India|issue=31 July 2015}}</ref> He protested for the enforcement of prohibition in Tamil Nadu for over four decades.<ref name="nie">{{cite news|title=Gandhian Sasi Perumal Dies While Staging Demonstration Atop Cellphone Tower|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Gandhian-Sasi-Perumal-Dies-While-Staging-Demonstration-Atop-Cellphone-Tower/2015/07/31/article2950283.ece|accessdate=31 July 2015|agency=New Indian Express|issue=31 July 2015}}</ref>
He died near [[Marthandam]] in Kanyakumari after staging a demonstration atop a BSNL tower for the removal of a [[TASMAC]] outlet near a church at Unnamalaikkadai.<ref name="nie" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Gandhian dies for prohibition|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/gandhian-dies-for-prohibition/article7487608.ece|accessdate=2 August 2015|agency=The Hindu|issue=01 August 2015}}</ref>

==Protests==
Sasi Perumal started his anti-liquor crusade after prohibition was lifted in [[Tamil Nadu]] in 1971. He ran awareness meetings, first in his village and in the surrounding areas. Later, he shifted his base to the city of [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]]. He was often spotted near the statues of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[K. Kamaraj]], wearing a [[Gandhi cap]] and holding the [[Flag of India|India national flag]], exhorting people not to drink alcohol.<ref name="omc"/>

He had staged many protests with his National Peoples Federation,<ref>{{cite news|title=Run for total prohibition from December 23|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/run-for-total-prohibition-from-december-23/article6685014.ece|accessdate=31 July 2015|agency=The hindu|date=31 July 2015}}</ref> including a 33-day hunger strike in 2013, and a long fast in 2014 at [[Jantar Mantar]] in New Delhi, demanding nationwide prohibition.<ref name="nie" />

== Death ==
Sasi Perumal died on 31 July 2015 while climbing down from mobile tower after staging a protest. He was accidentally pierced by a rod which led to a fall. He had been protesting for the shifting of a [[TASMAC]] outlet in [[Unnamalaikadai]], a panchayat town in [[Kanyakumari district]].

His death sparked a series of violent protests in Tamil Nadu. On 3 August 2015, [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]] general secretary [[Vaiko]] was charged with rioting after a demonstration in his native village, [[Kalingapatty]]. On 5 August, a 40-year-old TASMAC employee was killed when a kerosene bottle was thrown in his shop. With [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|State Assembly]] elections due in 2016, many political parties including the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] have pronounced themselves in favour of prohibition.<ref name="nm">{{cite web |url=http://www.frontline.in/the-nation/new-momentum/article7549939.ece |title=New Momentum |date=18 August 2015 |publisher=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |access-date=6 September 2015 }} </ref>

== Private life ==
Sasi Perumal was born S. K. Perumal in a farming family. He changed his name to Sasi in memory of Tamil actor Sasikumar who died in 1974. He had two sons from a first marriage and a daughter with his second wife Makilam Ammal.<ref name="omc">{{cite web |url=http://www.frontline.in/the-nation/one-mans-crusade/article7549956.ece |title=One man’s crusade |last1=Rajasekaran |first1=Ilangovan |date=19 August 2015 |publisher=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |access-date=6 September 2015 }} </ref>

==References==
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