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[[File:General Neill.jpg|thumb|James George Smith Neill (26 May 1810 – 25 September 1857)]]
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'''Neill statue Satyagraha''' was an agitation that took place in [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] during the [[Indian Independence Movement]]. It took place in 1927 demanding the removal of the statue of Colonel [[James George Smith Neill|James Neill]] situated at [[Mount Road]] (now Anna Salai) in [[Madras]].

James Neill of the Madras Fusileers regiment played a major role in putting down the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. He was killed during the [[siege of Lucknow]] and was reviled as the "Butcher of Allahabad" by the Indians. A statue of him was placed at Mount Road, Madras. In 1927, it became the target of the Indian nationalists. The Madras Mahajana Sabha and the Madras provincial committee of the [[Indian National Congress]] passed a resolution demanding its removal. They started a series of demonstrations in Madras. The agitators came from all over the Madras Presidency and were led by [[S. N. Somayajulu]] of Tirunelveli. Several agitators were arrested and sentenced to prison terms ranging from a few weeks to a year of rigorous imprisonment. After the major leaders - Somayajulu and Swaminatha Mudaliar were arrested, [[K. Kamaraj]] became the leader of the agitation (September 1927). [[Mahatma Gandhi]] who visited Madras during the same time, gave his support to the agitation. The [[Madras Legislative Council|Madras legislature]] also passed resolutions demanding the removal of the statue. The agitation lost steam after a few months and was dropped to make way for the [[Simon Commission]] boycott.<ref name=dh>{{cite news|last=Venkatesh|first=M. R|title=The 'Butcher of Allahabad' lies in a museum attic|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/99637/butcher-allahabad-lies-museum-attic.html|access-date=6 October 2011|newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Political Career of K. Kamaraj|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|pages=31|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bOjT3qffnMkC}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Iyengar|first=A. S|title=Role of press and Indian freedom struggle: all through the Gandhian era|year=2001|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-256-1|pages=266|url=Role of press and Indian freedom struggle: all through the Gandhian era}}</ref>

Neill's statue remained in the same place and was moved to the [[Ripon Building]] campus for a few years. In 1937, when the newly elected Congress government (under the [[Government of India Act 1935|1935 act]]) of [[C. Rajagopalachari]] moved it to the [[Government Museum, Chennai|Madras museum]] after a resolution demanding its removal was passed in the Madras Corporation. As of 2021, it still remains in the Anthropology section of the museum.<ref name=dh/><ref>{{cite web|title=The Impact Of The 1857 Revolt In Tamilnadu|url=http://pd.cpim.org/2007/0415/04152007_1857.htm|work=People's Democracy|publisher=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|access-date=6 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812032435/http://pd.cpim.org/2007/0415/04152007_1857.htm|archive-date=12 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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[[Category:Indian independence movement in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:1927 in India]]
[[Category:History of Chennai]]
[[Category:Protests in British India]]

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