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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Adding local &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Short_description&quot; class=&quot;extiw&quot; title=&quot;wikipedia:Short description&quot;&gt;short description&lt;/a&gt;: &amp;quot;Tamil poet and Tamil nationalist (1933–1995)&amp;quot;, overriding Wikidata description &amp;quot;Father of Tamilnation&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Shortdesc_helper&quot; class=&quot;extiw&quot; title=&quot;wikipedia:Shortdesc helper&quot;&gt;Shortdesc helper&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| occupation  = Writer, Poet, Thani &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Thamizh &lt;/del&gt;activist.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| occupation  = Writer, Poet, Thani &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Tamil &lt;/ins&gt;activist.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Perunchithiranar&#039;&#039;&#039; (10 March 1933 – 11 June 1995) was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] poet and [[Tamil nationalist]] &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;who &lt;/del&gt;known for his involvement in [[Pure Tamil Movement]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/30/stories/2008093060601000.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002213215/http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/30/stories/2008093060601000.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-10-02 |title=Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Perunchithiranar&#039;s works will be nationalised, says Karunanidhi |date=2008-09-30 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2013-01-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Regarded &lt;/del&gt;as the father of &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;TamilNation&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Perunchithiranar&#039;&#039;&#039; (10 March 1933 – 11 June 1995) was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] poet and [[Tamil nationalist]] known for his involvement in &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the &lt;/ins&gt;[[Pure Tamil Movement]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/30/stories/2008093060601000.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002213215/http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/30/stories/2008093060601000.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-10-02 |title=Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Perunchithiranar&#039;s works will be nationalised, says Karunanidhi |date=2008-09-30 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2013-01-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;He is regarded &lt;/ins&gt;as the father of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the Tamil nation&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Life==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Life==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Perunchithiranar was born to Duraisamiyar and kunchammal in Samuthiram near [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilsguide.com/katturaidetails.php?gallid=19&amp;amp;tid=9291 |title=Canadian Tamils - Tamil business directory - latest Tamil film news - Toronto Tamils |publisher=Tamils Guide |date=1995-06-16 |access-date=2013-01-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He did his schooling in Salem and [[Attur]]. He went to Salem Municipal College where [[Devaneya Pavanar]] worked as Tamil professor. He worked for the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thani Tamil Iyakkam&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ({{lang-ta|தனித் தமிழ் இயக்கம்}}) (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pure&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Independent Tamil Movement&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;). It is a [[Linguistic purism|linguistic-purity]] movement in [[Tamil literature]] which attempts to avoid [[loanword]]s from [[Sanskrit]]. He married Kamalam who was later known as Thamarai Ammaiyar. After his college, he worked in postal department in [[Pondicherry|Puducherry]]. In 1959, he transferred to [[Cuddalore]] where started his &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thenmozhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; magazine. Perunchiththiranar published over a dozen Tamil books during his lifetime. His book Koyyakani was used as post-graduate text in the 1980s and another book Ayyai was used as undergraduate text in the 1970s at Madras University. He also founded and edited two more magazines, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tamilsittu&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tamil Nilam&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Thenmozhi, July 1995, p. 8 and 9.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Perunchithiranar was born to Duraisamiyar and kunchammal in Samuthiram near [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilsguide.com/katturaidetails.php?gallid=19&amp;amp;tid=9291 |title=Canadian Tamils - Tamil business directory - latest Tamil film news - Toronto Tamils |publisher=Tamils Guide |date=1995-06-16 |access-date=2013-01-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He did his schooling in Salem and [[Attur]]. He went to Salem Municipal College where [[Devaneya Pavanar]] worked as Tamil professor. He worked for the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thani Tamil Iyakkam&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ({{lang-ta|தனித் தமிழ் இயக்கம்}}) (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pure&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Independent Tamil Movement&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;). It is a [[Linguistic purism|linguistic-purity]] movement in [[Tamil literature]] which attempts to avoid [[loanword]]s from [[Sanskrit]]. He married Kamalam who was later known as Thamarai Ammaiyar. After his college, he worked in postal department in [[Pondicherry|Puducherry]]. In 1959, he transferred to [[Cuddalore]] where started his &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thenmozhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; magazine. Perunchiththiranar published over a dozen Tamil books during his lifetime. His book Koyyakani was used as post-graduate text in the 1980s and another book Ayyai was used as undergraduate text in the 1970s at Madras University. He also founded and edited two more magazines, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tamilsittu&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tamil Nilam&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Thenmozhi, July 1995, p. 8 and 9.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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| name = Perunchitthiranaar       &lt;br /&gt;
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|birth_name    = Rajamanickam&lt;br /&gt;
|birth_date    = {{Birth date|1933|03|10}}&lt;br /&gt;
|birth_place   = Samuthiram, [[Salem district]], [[British India]]&lt;br /&gt;
|death_date    = {{Death date and age|1995|06|11|1933|03|10}}&lt;br /&gt;
|death_place   = [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
|other_names  = Durai Manickam &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Pavalareru Perunchithiranar&lt;br /&gt;
| occupation  = Writer, Poet, Thani Thamizh activist.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Perunchithiranar&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (10 March 1933 – 11 June 1995) was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] poet and [[Tamil nationalist]] who known for his involvement in [[Pure Tamil Movement]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/30/stories/2008093060601000.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002213215/http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/30/stories/2008093060601000.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-10-02 |title=Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Perunchithiranar&amp;#039;s works will be nationalised, says Karunanidhi |date=2008-09-30 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2013-01-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Regarded as the father of TamilNation.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Life==&lt;br /&gt;
Perunchithiranar was born to Duraisamiyar and kunchammal in Samuthiram near [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.tamilsguide.com/katturaidetails.php?gallid=19&amp;amp;tid=9291 |title=Canadian Tamils - Tamil business directory - latest Tamil film news - Toronto Tamils |publisher=Tamils Guide |date=1995-06-16 |access-date=2013-01-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He did his schooling in Salem and [[Attur]]. He went to Salem Municipal College where [[Devaneya Pavanar]] worked as Tamil professor. He worked for the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thani Tamil Iyakkam&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; ({{lang-ta|தனித் தமிழ் இயக்கம்}}) (&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pure&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Independent Tamil Movement&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;). It is a [[Linguistic purism|linguistic-purity]] movement in [[Tamil literature]] which attempts to avoid [[loanword]]s from [[Sanskrit]]. He married Kamalam who was later known as Thamarai Ammaiyar. After his college, he worked in postal department in [[Pondicherry|Puducherry]]. In 1959, he transferred to [[Cuddalore]] where started his &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Thenmozhi&amp;#039;&amp;#039; magazine. Perunchiththiranar published over a dozen Tamil books during his lifetime. His book Koyyakani was used as post-graduate text in the 1980s and another book Ayyai was used as undergraduate text in the 1970s at Madras University. He also founded and edited two more magazines, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tamilsittu&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Tamil Nilam&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;Thenmozhi, July 1995, p. 8 and 9.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1965, he was arrested for [[Anti-Hindi agitations|anti-Hindi]] remarks in his magazine. He was a rationalist, which was reflected in his writings. He was imprisoned twice after the [[assassination of Rajiv Gandhi]] because of his continued support for [[Tamil Eelam]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.tamiltribune.com/99/1001.html |title=Political Biography of Tamil Poet Pavalareru Perunjchiththiranar |publisher=Tamiltribune.com |date= |access-date=2013-01-20}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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