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==Life== | ==Life== | ||
Subramaniya Siva was born in | Subramaniya Siva was born in | ||
Veersaiva Iyer<ref name="theprint.in">{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/subramaniya-siva-tamil-nationalist-who-fought-for-purity-in-the-language/266635/#:~:text='Pure%20Tamil'&text=Born%20on%204%20October%201884,of%20Tamils%20will%20be%20lost%E2%80%9D.|title = Subramaniya Siva, Tamil nationalist who fought for purity in the language|date = 23 July 2019}}</ref> family at [[Batlagundu]] near [[Dindigul]] in erstwhile [[Madurai district]] of [[Madras presidency]]. He was born to Rajam Iyer. He joined the [[Indian freedom movement]] in 1908. | |||
In 1908, he was arrested by the British and was the first political prisoner in Madras jail. While serving a prison term, he was afflicted by [[leprosy]] and was shifted to Salem jail. Since leprosy was regarded as a contagious disease, the British authorities forbade him to travel by rail after his release and hence he was forced to travel on foot. He continued to fight for independence and was incarcerated many times until 1922.<ref name="Life"/> He was the author of the journal '' | In 1908, he was arrested by the British and was the first political prisoner in Madras jail. While serving a prison term, he was afflicted by [[leprosy]] and was shifted to Salem jail. Since leprosy was regarded as a contagious disease, the British authorities forbade him to travel by rail after his release and hence he was forced to travel on foot. He continued to fight for independence and was incarcerated many times until 1922.<ref name="Life"/> He was the author of the journal ''Gnanabhanu'' and books ''Ramanuja Vijayam'' and ''Madhva Vijayam''.<ref name="TN"/> | ||
He eventually succumbed to [[leprosy]] on 23 July 1925.<ref name="Life"/> | He eventually succumbed to [[leprosy]] on 23 July 1925.<ref name="Life"/> | ||
==Pure Tamil Movement== | ==Pure Tamil Movement== | ||
A movement started by Maraimalai Adigal, the | A movement started by Maraimalai Adigal, the Thanittamil (‘pure Tamil’) literary movement intended to rid the Tamil language of non-Tamil words. The movement was supported & propagated by Subramaniya Siva and is one of the most significant of all Tamil revivalist movements organised by nationalists. | ||
His passion for Tamil was such that he wrote an advertisement which was published in Gnanabhanu as: | His passion for Tamil was such that he wrote an advertisement which was published in Gnanabhanu as: | ||
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==Honours== | ==Honours== | ||
The office of | The office of Dindigul district collector is named after as ''Thiyagi Subramania Siva Maaligai'' after him. Bathlagundu bus stand is named after Siva. A memorial has been established at Papparapatti near [[Pennagaram]] in [[Dharmapuri district]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/20/stories/2010022062450400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224230209/http://www.hindu.com/2010/02/20/stories/2010022062450400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 February 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Memorial for Subramania Siva|date=10 February 2010}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||