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| name = Kuppusamy Mudaliar<br />
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1961|01|05|1891|08|04}}<br />
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'''Kuppusamy Mudaliar''' (1891–1961), known as "Kodai Idi" ("thunderstorm in summer") for his powerful oratory, was an Indian freedom fighter. <br />
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== Life ==<br />
Born in 4 August 1891 in [[Vellore]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Kodai Idi Kuppusamy Mudaliar |url=https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?26093 |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav}}</ref> he was actively involved in the [[Salt Satyagraha]] (1930–31) and [[Quit India Movement]] (1941),<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2023-02-05 |title=Who was Gandhi’s loudspeaker? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/who-was-gandhis-loudspeaker/articleshow/97615132.cms |access-date=2024-12-25 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> for which he was imprisoned for a year in Alipuram Jail.{{fact|date=July 2025}}<br />
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Mudaliar collaborated with fellow activist V. M. Obaidullah in organising public meetings, processions, and rallies, earning the duo the nickname "Twins of Vellore".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Assarani |first=P. Basith |date=2020-01-01 |title=V. M. Obaidullah -A Formidable Peoples Leader from Vellore |url=https://www.academia.edu/44960733/V_M_Obaidullah_A_Formidable_Peoples_Leader_from_Vellore |journal=Modern Thamizh Research(A Quarterly International Multilateral Thamizh Journal)}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=History of Tamilnadu Freedom Fighter Kodaidi Kuppusamy Muthaliyar - 125 |url=https://www.tamilaruvi.in/2022/02/history-of-tamilnadu-freedom-fighter-kodaidi-kuppusamy-muthaliyar-125-download-pdf.html |access-date=2024-12-25}}</ref> He inspired people through his speeches and street plays ([[therukoothu]]), attracting large crowds from neighbouring towns such as [[Arcot, Tamil Nadu|Arcot]] and [[Ranipet]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Post-independence, he was nominated to the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref name=":0" /> Kuppusamy Mudaliar died on 5 January 1961,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> and a government school in Vellore was named in his honour.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1891 births]]<br />
[[Category:1961 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:People from Vellore]]</div>Roexpertindia