Indian independence movement in Tamil Nadu (edit)
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The first resistance to the British was offered by the legendary Since then there had been rebellions by ''[[polygars]]'' such as the [[Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone]], [[Marudu brothers]], [[Veerapandiya Kattabomman]], [[Veeran Sundaralingam]], [[Oomaithurai]] and [[Dheeran Chinnamalai]] and the [[sepoys]] of [[Vellore]]. Though there were no violent rebellions in the 19th century, still, there were continuous agitations by Indian independence activists such as [[Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty]], [[John Bruce Norton]], [[Eardley Norton]], [[Sir T. Muthuswamy Iyer]],[, [[P. Rangaiah Naidu]], [[G. Subramania Iyer]], [[Sir S. Subramania Iyer]], [[C. Jambulingam Mudaliar]], [[Salem Ramaswami Mudaliar]], [[M. Veeraraghavachariar]] and [[C. Karunakara Menon]]. After a brief interlude of militancy in the early 1900s, independence activists from Tamil Nadu adopted the non-violent principles of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. Some of the important Gandhian leaders of the region were [[C. Rajagopalachari]], [[K. Kamaraj]] and [[S. Satyamurti]]. | The first resistance to the British was offered by the legendary Since then there had been rebellions by ''[[polygars]]'' such as the [[Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone]], [[Marudu brothers]], [[Veerapandiya Kattabomman]], [[Veeran Sundaralingam]], [[Oomaithurai]] and [[Dheeran Chinnamalai]] and the [[sepoys]] of [[Vellore]]. Though there were no violent rebellions in the 19th century, still, there were continuous agitations by Indian independence activists such as [[Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty]], [[John Bruce Norton]], [[Eardley Norton]], [[Sir T. Muthuswamy Iyer]],[, [[P. Rangaiah Naidu]], [[G. Subramania Iyer]], [[Sir S. Subramania Iyer]], [[C. Jambulingam Mudaliar]], [[Salem Ramaswami Mudaliar]], [[M. Veeraraghavachariar]] and [[C. Karunakara Menon]]. After a brief interlude of militancy in the early 1900s, independence activists from Tamil Nadu adopted the non-violent principles of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. Some of the important Gandhian leaders of the region were [[C. Rajagopalachari]], [[K. Kamaraj]] and [[S. Satyamurti]]. | ||
Contemporaneous with the Indian nationalist movement, there were also pro-British political parties and movements, the most prominent being the [[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]]. Some important pro-British leaders were [[P. Theagaroya Chetty]], [[V. S. Srinivasa Sastri]], [[Raja of Panagal]] and [[E. V. Ramasami | Contemporaneous with the Indian nationalist movement, there were also pro-British political parties and movements, the most prominent being the [[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]]. Some important pro-British leaders were [[P. Theagaroya Chetty]], [[V. S. Srinivasa Sastri]], [[Raja of Panagal]] and [[E. V. Ramasami]]. | ||
== Early contacts with European powers == | == Early contacts with European powers == | ||