The entire conduct of the police was abominable and smacked of casteist prejudice. He was visibly moved by the facts we narrated. Some police however appears to have been hit. We asked him two questions: one, what was the provocation for the police action to lathi charge and open fire a short while thereafter that led to loss of four lives and left scores of people injured. People express their anger and no confidence, showing black flags to J Sampath when he visits a village. var idcomments_post_url; Two boys, aged 18 and 19, who were injured in the firing reportedly have been charged for molestation. Annadurai, the two prominent leaders who shaped the destiny of the State for many years. He could not call for any evidence as it would amount to tampering with evidence. The long-time dream of the people of this area, to hava college, come true by the priceless efforts of this three legends thiru P.K. Thurston, E., Castes and Tribes of Southern India (7 volumes), Government Press, Madras 1909, 472. Kamaraj, the then Chief Minister, immediately arrested Muthuramalinga Thevar and all the Maravars who were responsible for the riots. There is absolutely no doubt that the Chintamani incident also was a part of the plan. •  All the false cases foisted on people in this episode should be dropped. At about 11.30 he was there. They would their symbolic dominance if it happens. He said that even as he was bleeding profusely and fighting for life the police asked him to sign blank sheets of papers and threatened that only after he signed them, they would take him to hospital. We reported to him that the SP, Madurai was not willing to talk to us. Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar College, Madurai offers Under Graduate Courses, Post Graduate Courses, . He is also notorious for his anti-Dalit stand and also has many cases pending against him. Most people, who could manage to get away did so and treated themselves privately. Ultimately, we left with his assurance that he would give us a call when he was free. We could not afford to wait endlessly and hence requested him through his attendant to give us a time slot for a brief interview. They had formed a wall along the Madurai - Rameswaram road, leaving a lane sufficient to pass vehicles. As per the post mortem report, Panneselvam had died due to a bullet hit on his forehead. Following the rise of Immanuel Sekaran, a significant social change, in the form of opposition to caste oppression by the Dalits did occur, especially in southern districts. On Monday 29 August, the people had a successful rail roko and a demonstration; students boycotted colleges and lawyers courts; and a dalit girl immolated herself. It is not surprising that they are troubled by the memory of Immanuel Sekaran, his martyrdom, since it has persisted as a defiant symbol of dalit militancy.” During the last DMK rule, this symbol received substantial boost. Eventually she institutes an enquiry by a retired single judge, J Sampath. The incident is tenuously based on whether people really go out of control warranting firstly lathi charge by the police. They are purely a caste-function. At this difficult time, it becomes even more important that we have access to information that has a bearing on our health and well-being, our lives, and livelihoods. The wage rate for the farm labour is about Rs 50/ day and that for pother work approx Rs 100/ day. We then asked him whether as a collector he had ascertained that police followed the procedure while opening fire such as issuing warning, bursting tear gas shell and only after then opening fire aiming below the waist. We were told that he was alive till September 12 th and died due to non-availability of treatment. The chief minister makes the prompt statement defending the police on the very first day and declares Rs 1 lakh as solatium to the family of the dead. They only heard the sound of firing and saw people running helter skelter and some having fallen on the Mudukulathur road. Immanuel Sekaran campaigned for the Congress. This is the village which put up black flags in protest of J Sampath enquiry commission and prevented him from entering the village. But any dispassionate student of contemporary history of Tamil Nadu will have a lot to gain by reading them. Arunraja Kamaraj started his career as a standup comedian with college buddy Sivakarthikeyan but took one step at a time as a lyricist, singer and actor before donning the director's h Location: Paramakudi, Five-Point junction. After an hour or so they started to search for him as he did not return. Implicated in a murder case in 1957, he was, two years later, acquitted. As a subscriber, you are not only a beneficiary of our work but also its enabler. There are no stretchers. It’s a support for truth and fairness in journalism. The books under review cover a wide range of issues, as seen and discussed by Thevar. The government should ensure that Dalits are not harassed. On specific querying whether he checked the inventory records to ascertain the police version, he answered in negative. Posted by Tamil at 1:10 AM 0 comments. One of the founding members of the Forward Bloc, Muthuramalinga Thevar was a fierce critic of the Congress party and a political adversary of Kamaraj and also of … If the Pallar guru puja becomes a state function, the battle that Immanuel Sekaran had declared against the Thevars would be won by the dead Sekaran. In order to scuttle such nefarious plans of these 34 people and also to plan for the upcoming Thevar guru puja we request all Aapanattu Maravars to come under one administration and one leadership and attend the meeting to be held on September 18th in Thevar marriage hall, after the 5 people remembrance day(sep14). We contacted Mr Arun Roy, Collector, Ramnad district on phone. Such things are normal expression of peoples' dissent in democracy. We promise to deliver quality journalism that stays away from vested interest and political propaganda. People run helter skelter towards Mudukulathur road. He went inside and put up saline and asked the photographer to come and take a photograph. As he got down from his jeep, he took out his pistol and fired at people felling two boys. People are chased away by police further. Large numbers of people congregate at Paramakudi, where a platform is erected over his burial site as the memorial. That he was a strong supporter of the reorganisation of States on linguistic basis comes across from his article where he accuses the Congress of delaying the process. He refused to oblige. They are basically meant to terrorize people into submission but are invariably projected as the acts in self defence and to protect the public property. While the people were arguing with the police, those who were coming in closed vehicles were also stopped, leading to altercation between the people and the police. They should be made accountable for their actions and inactions. Meanwhile, the Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, in a statement said that the agitators, however, continued indulging in violence. He pleaded ignorance. On the same day around the same time there was another incident of police firing at the Chintamani junction on the outskirts of Madurai. Now that Jayalalithaa has come to power, they needed a concrete demonstration from her that she is firmly on their side. The news of police firing on Dalits, congregated at Paramakudi to observe the 54 th anniversary of the martyrdom of their leader Emmanuel Sekaran, killing six of them and injuring scores of them, just within four months from Ms J Jayalalitha regaining her power in the state for the third time, shocked the entire nation. The crowd was swelling as the time passed. He along with other villagers felt that it was a planned action by the police in order to prevent people from going to Paramakudi. He narrated that the Pattam villagers started off for the guru puja in a Tata Sumo and one more closed vehicles. Immanuel replied, 'He is not a leader to me. The old man is hit by every policeman as though he were a football, as he is pushed out of the road. The Hindu has always stood for journalism that is in the public interest. This college Ukki. If there is a common theme running through the collection of Thevar's political speeches, it is the criticism of the Congress party's politics. on the victims and also made a policewoman, incidentally belonging to Pallar caste, to file an FIR that some of the boys tried molesting her. We went to see SP, Madurai to know from him the reasons for the police action at the Chintamani junction. He was taken to the police van. When asked if there was any instance of molestation, he deniede saying that there were only two women constables and they were standing far away from where the lathi charge took place. Suddenly, the firing starts and people start falling. Moreover, the stray vehicles were passing through a lane maintained by the police smoothly. Since the ruling Justice Party had refused to revoke the law, he began to work for the Congress. The key persona on the police side whether it is at Paramakudi or the Chintamani junction had some history of dalit hatred and moral infirmity. His family members were away on work. It was only the next day that they could go to Madurai. He had married an upper caste girl. He narrated that he along with his friends reached the Chinthamani junction to catch the vehicle that was going to Paramakudi. Interestingly, Periyar had demanded this arrest. The police had objected to it and advised the dalit leaders not to use it. They were informed that he was taken to the Paramakudi General Hospital, but he was not admitted there. But when it failed they had to resort to lathi charge and firing. And two, what made the police go into action between 3 to 5 pm after the situation had come to normalcy after the firing, rounding up randomly 18 youth belonging to Pallar castes and beating them badly in a police van and thereafter in the police station such that two boys die and balance are seriously injured. With some capital accumulation, they have also entered some businesses. At the spot of firing, we generally spoke with the crowd collected around us about what they saw around 11.30 onwards at the Five-Point junction on 11 September. Comments are not moderated. It was a highly objectionable act on the part of police. 12 NO 3&1 July-Dec.2000, 501-517. Muthuramalinga Thevar suggested that all the leaders could address the people in a public meeting. Mr Sahayam gave us a patient hearing and said that he himself was shocked to hear about the firing at the Chintamani crossing, when he learnt about it after some time. 300 each. In Tamil Nadu, the electoral politics transcends newer and newer highs of ludicrous. The major backdrop for the subject incident is the congregation of the Dalits for their guru pooja , a veneration of their leader- Immanuel Sekaran on the anniversary of his martyrdom in 1957. In the evening at around 3 pm he, accompanied by his friends and cousins, had gone back to the spot to fetch his bike. He also coordinated many village-level meetings and fought against caste-based discrimination. Please be responsible and civil in your postings and stay within the topic discussed in the article too. Thevar guru puja or thevar jayanti is the observance of the birth and death anniversary (both, his birth and death anniversary falling on the same date, 30 October) of Muthuramalingam Thevar, an important Thevar leader at Pasumpon Village in Kamudi Taluk in Ramanathapuram District located at about 45 km away from the district city. Jayalalithaa's soft Hindutva line came handy for them to exercise their vendetta against the Pallars. Although reportedly some people are arrested in this connection, they need to be tried in an effective manner. This could be possibly prevented by igniting an issue of caste or community. He could not however explain which other communities he meant as there were none around the spot needing police protection. The next day, on 11 September 1957 , Immanuel Sekaran who was returning to Peraiyur, after having participated in a function to commemorate the poet Subramania Bharthi, was attacked by the Maravars and murdered on the spot. He is survived by his parents, wife son (4) and daughter(2 ½). Victim: Siva, 19 years, Odachiyar Valasai village, Ramnad district. They began his immediate release around 11.30 am. She told that they all had gone to the memorial to pay homage to Emmanuel Sekaran and went to the 5 road crossing around 11 am. Victim: Kumar, 26 years, Kattu Paramakudi. •  The police responsible for the criminal act of killing and beating innocent people should be charged under the Atrocity Act as well as for the murder under IPC. It is obnoxious to see the state functionaries attending the Thevar guru puja every year. Thevar dominance was such that they were a “law unto themselves” in the region. In 1946 elections to the Assembly he was elected unopposed. They had also brought an anti-riot armoured vehicle called vajra and stationed it at about 20 meters distance. He was shocked to hear that the two boys who were fatally hit by Gajendran's bullets were 18 and 19 years old and they were charged for molesting a woman constable along with some usual ones. The media has always displayed a caste bias against Dalits in any such episode. There can't be permanent enemies. As though to preempt the doubt about the professionalism of the state police in what would come after 20 days in paramakudi, the chief minister Jayalaithaa, who also holds Police and Home portfolios, made this announcement proudly in the Budget session of the State Assembly on August 24: “The Tamil Nadu Police, in its modern avatar, reflects a glorious tradition of over a century and a half. He declined to speak to us without the permission from the collector. In 1971 his cemetery in Pasumpon was converted into an official memorial by the AIDMK government. He did not call us. Victim: Balakrishnan, wounded by the bullet shot. Litt’, On Day One, Joe Biden targets Trump policies on climate, coronavirus, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris Inauguration Day updates | Biden vows to defeat ‘domestic terror, white supremacy’, Biden to sign 15 executive orders on day one as president, Pietersen warns India in a tweet in Hindi: 'Real team' is coming now, In farewell address, Trump urges prayers for next administration, In bad faith: On the ongoing farmers agitation, India-Nepal relations in a new transition, A plaintive lament on liberty that rings hollow, India begins massive push for neighbourhood vaccine, lakhs to be shipped out on Wednesday. Sasivarna Thevar, a candidate of the Forward Bloc won the election. However, the Dalits and the Nadars had voted for entirely for the Congress. If Paramakudi was the case of mass provocation, what had really happened at the Chintamani junction in Madurai? The incident as recorded in the video may be narrated as follows: As in previous years, since the morning of 11 September, people began gathering at Paramakudi to observe the 54 th death anniversary of Immanuel Sekaran. Ponniah.It is situated in Usilampatti, Tamilnadu. 6.3. The AIDMK under MGR and later on under the present Chief Minister J Jayalalitha however have succeeded in winning their confidence. In the election Thevar again contested both the Aruppukottai constituency in the Lok Sabha election and the Mudukulathur constituency in the assembly election. They approached S.Ganesan of Karaikudi and he contested against Kamaraj. On her part, Jayalalithaa also needed to reconsolidate the Thevar block in reconfiguring her constituency by discarding the unreliable vote-groups. In reply to the second question, he said according to his information was that all the six people died on spot. He belonged to that school of Netaji followers which refused to believe that its leader died in an air crash in Taihoku in August 1945. He worked towards uplifting the Dalits and organized ‘ Annihilation of Caste Conference ' in Madurai , which was presided over by Dr Ambedkar . They asked Muthuramalinga Thevar to contest against Kamaraj. Later they found out from his friends and cousins that they were all picked up by the police and beaten badly. Anand Teltumbde, India's (jati) Panchayati Raj, Economic & Political Weekly , vol xlvi no 36 , september 3, 2011, pp 10-11. For instance, i n the towns of Paramakudi, Muthukulathur and Ramanathapuram, they have entered trading by setting up commission shops for agricultural products, etc. Theerpukani wanted to take his bike parked there but seeing no one except police there he returned home along with his friends. Your support for our journalism is invaluable. Also SAVE this number to your phone contacts so that you won't miss the alerts Click Here to Subscribe to our YouTube Channel THE HINDU Newspaper Faculty Jobs (Updated 05-06-2019) The TOI Newspaper Faculty Jobs (Updated 05-06-2019) LOKMAT Newspaper Faculty Jobs (Updated 18-05-2019) There was an incident of police firing in the outskirts of Madurai near the Chinthamani ring road. The arbitrary arrests, levying of false charges, selective laxity in investigation, torture in custody, beating and firing upon people are rampantly done with impunity. Most of the people had gone for works. A bullet hit him there. The nature of the wounds itself was indicated that he was shot from a close range. In a similar manner, 15 years ago, a dalit panchayat president, Murugesan, and his six relatives were cruelly done to death near Madurai . Sivakumar, inspector Paramakudi and Senthilvelan, DG are the prime accused who targeted the people. Due to the escalating oppression, the then District Collector C.V.R.Panikkar made arrangements for talks between the Dalits, Maravars and Nadars on 10 September 1957 . Thirumavalavan, the leader of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi provided a succinct account of Immanuel's struggles and the circumstances leading to his assassination : “After returning to Paramakudi, Immanuel Sekaran founded the Gospel Lutheran Christian Union on 26 September 1954 and served as its General Secretary. There would be numerous instances of this nature, where state has illegitimately lent its support to some partisan cause. After the riots, a ‘Peace Conference' was held which ended in acrimony between him and Emmanuel Sekaran, an important Dalit leader. Compared to Parayars, most of the Pallars own land and therefore tend to be more aggressive, socially and politically conscious, more militant and better organized. Immanuel Sekaran was born on October 9, 1924 in Sellur village in Mudukulathur, Ramanathapuram district to Vedhanayagam, a school teacher and founder of Devendra Kula Vellalar Sangam. He said that since there was an inquiry going on he would be able to provide only the police version of the story. We stopped at a place where some people were collected. The stone throwing had started after the police began lathi charge. The chief minister J Jayalalithaa promptly issued a statement that it was a caste conflict between Thevars and Pallars and tried to colour it as a caste issue. But the administration pushes it under carpet. We got down at the church where many people were already available. He became the leader of the All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) in Tamil Nadu, and was national deputy chairman of the party from 1952 onwards. The next day (30 August), as the case was to come up for a review, 400 lawyers had collected from all over the state into the court. He said there would be scores of people like him who were wounded with police beating but do not figure in any records. Their report and evidence should be honoured by the state to take immediate action like suspension of the guilty police officers, pending formal proceeding against them. Politics cannot have permanent friends. The stories of police bandaging themselves and indulging into destruction of properties in order to justify their action have been noted by civil rights groups in many fact finding missions. In January 1952, the first general elections in independent India , he was elected for both Lok Sabha as well as Legislative Assembly. Thevar now made peace with his former enemy C. Rajagopalachari, and the Forward Bloc and the CRC worked together to defeat Kamaraj and the Congress rule in the state. He said that Balakrishnan is falsely charged for molestation of a woman police constable in the police report along with other usual charges of rioting, etc. An old man, identified later as Vellaichamy, a 70-year-old retired headmaster of a primary school, who had been visiting Paramakudi for the past 20 years to pay his respects at the memorial of Sekaran, gets caught by the police. But they were again stopped. Although, for time being she had managed to diffuse the death penalty issue, the issue of Tamil nationalism could potentially crop up any time. They told us that they work either on farms or on the brick kilns. Unless one understands the context of these rival guru poojas, the incident at Paramakudi may not be fully understood. At Chintamani junction at Madurai, similarly, there did not seem to be any justification for the police to open fire. Here comes the plan; nay, intrigue for the vote bank politics. At this en of Madurai-Rameswaram road, some people are seen breaking the glass of a standing truck. History of Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar . ‘Pallar` unlike other dalit caste names, is not associated with any defiling occupations; it refers to agriculture and allied activities in which primarily the Pallars are engaged. Muthuramalinga Thevar. We were taken to Sighadurai, who had multiple fractures, probably with dislocations in his right arm and also a deep head injury. None of the witnesses also told us that there was any warning from the police before actual firing. Around that time, Gajendran, the police inspector arrived there. At the end, four people die of gunshot injury and two of severe beating. var idcomments_post_url. The 106th birth anniversary celebrations of freedom fighter Muthuramalinga Thevar were largely peaceful in the district on Wednesday. Despite this the incident was projected as “a battlefield between the agitators and the police personnel” in which “Scores of policemen were injured and a number of government vehicles including a riot control vehicle were torched down by the agitators”. In September 2007, at the time of 50 th guru puja, the people had put up welcome posters using ‘ daiva thirumagan ” and “ therasi talaivar ” the epithets, normally used for Muthuramlinga Thevar, for Immanuel Sekaran. About Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar College, [PMTC] Madurai. M S S Pandian, Dalit Assertionin Tamil Nadu: An Exploratory Note, Journal Of Indian School of Political Economy , VOL. Several official honours were showered upon Thevar. He commented that even if going by the police version, he felt that the firing could have been avoided. ... Madurai Kamaraj University Distance Education Admission 2020 the last date has been extended till December 31, 2020. With the exception of CPI and CPM all political parties attend this function. Muthuramalinga Thevar only on News18 com Find all news including political news current affairs and news headlines online on Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar today thevar varalaru in tamil language PngLine - Biography of Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar Indian Political Leader Former President of … We spoke with his grand mother, who lived with him along with her husband. But Thevar never gave up his antagonism vis-a-vis the Congress; nor did his attitude towards Kamaraj change. Although discharged from the hospital, he was plastered all over. Because of their numbers and organization, they have been important vote bank for any political party. She rejects the demand for the CBI investigation and rather proposes RDO investigation, not realizing that a junior official like an RDO could not possibly go into the actions of the SP and Collector. He functioned very bravely and questioned every casteist injustice heaped on the Pallars in the Ramanathapuram district. or. MKUC - Madurai kamaraj University College. Sekaran was killed the following day. Most of them said that they had shut the shop and were either inside or were at homes. Dalit homes were destroyed, their crops set on fire, their families humiliated, entire villages burnt down, a church where Dalits had taken refuge was stormed by Thevar mobs and two men were killed. Muthuramalinga Thevar who felt slighted is reported to have not even touched food when he visited a luncheon hosted in his honour immediately afterwards. Rajaji's group worked vigorously to defeat Kamaraj. The police action is to demoralize the dalits from making such a demand and to please Thevars who would not want the Sekaran guru puja to be the state sponsored event quite like theirs. Moreover, because of their organization, the local caste conflicts do not remain any longer local and quickly spread to other parts engulfing a large area. The verdict in the Sankar murder case has sparked discussions on caste pride in Tamil Nadu once again. He left the spot on a two wheeler immediately after firing down two young boys. Duraipandi along with his friends had arranged for welcoming people who were going to Paramakudi. Suddenly, they started abusing and throwing stones at them in response to which the police had to begin lathi charge. Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar College, the pioneer college in the Kallarnadu, was founded on July5, 1968 at usilampatti under the auspices of Kallar Kalvi Kazhagam,successor of Kallar Common Fund, a private and non-profit organization registered under T.N. Typical upper caste upper class bias against Dalits in southern Tamil Nadu Rs 90/ day police asking why they enemies. 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