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V. O. Chidambaram Pillai

Index V. O. Chidambaram Pillai

Valliappan Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai (5 September 1872 – 18 November 1936), popularly known by his initials, V.O.C. (spelt வ.உ.சி in Tamil), also known as Kappalottiya Tamizhan "The Tamil Helmsman", was a Tamil Freedom fighter and leader of Indian National Congress. [1]

57 relations: Aram (Kural book), Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Barrister, Bipin Chandra Pal, British-India Steam Navigation Company, Chennai, Coimbatore Central Prison, Colombo, Ettayapuram, G. K. Vasan, India Post, Indian independence movement, Indian National Congress, Indian Penal Code, Indira Gandhi, Jayalalithaa, Kabaddi, Kappalottiya Thamizhan, Kovilpatti, Lala Lajpat Rai, Life imprisonment, M. G. Ramachandran, M. P. Sivagnanam, Madras High Court, Madras Presidency, Mahabharata, Mahatma Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Marble (toy), Marina Beach, Meyyaram, Ottapidaram, Palayamkottai, Partition of Bengal (1905), Presidencies and provinces of British India, Ramayana, Salem district, Shiva, Silambam, Sri Aurobindo, SS Gallia, Subramania Bharati, Subramaniya Siva, Swadeshi movement, Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company, Swami Vivekananda, Tamil language, Tamils, The Hindu, Thoothukudi, ..., Thoothukudi district, Tiruchirappalli, Tirukkuṛaḷ, Tirunelveli, Tolkāppiyam, Trade union, Tuticorin Port Trust. Expand index (7 more) »

Aram (Kural book)

The Book of Aṟam, in full Aṟattuppāl (Tamil: அறத்துப்பால், literally, “division of virtue”), also known as the Book of Virtue or Book I in translated versions, is the first of the three books or parts of the Kural literature, authored by the ancient Indian philosopher Valluvar.

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Bal Gangadhar Tilak (or Lokmanya Tilak,; 23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920), born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak, was an Indian nationalist, teacher, social reformer, lawyer and an independence activist.

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Barrister

A barrister (also known as barrister-at-law or bar-at-law) is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions.

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Bipin Chandra Pal

Bipin Chandra Pal (November 7, 1858 – May 20, 1932) was an Indian nationalist, a freedom fighter and social reformer.

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British-India Steam Navigation Company

British India Steam Navigation Company ("BI") was formed in 1856 as the Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Company.

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Chennai

Chennai (formerly known as Madras or) is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Coimbatore Central Prison

Coimbatore Central Prison is a prison located near Gandhipuram bus stand in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Colombo

Colombo (translit,; translit) is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

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Ettayapuram

Ettayapuram is a panchayat town in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu, India.

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G. K. Vasan

In this Indian name, the name Govindaswamy Karuppiah is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, G. K Vasan.

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India Post

The Department of Posts (DoP), trading as India Post, is a government-operated postal system in India.

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Indian independence movement

The Indian independence movement encompassed activities and ideas aiming to end the East India Company rule (1757–1857) and the British Indian Empire (1857–1947) in the Indian subcontinent.

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Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress (INC, often called Congress Party) is a broadly based political party in India.

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Indian Penal Code

The Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the main criminal code of India.

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Indira Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (née Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician, stateswoman and a central figure of the Indian National Congress.

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Jayalalithaa

Jayaram Jayalalithaa (born Komalavalli, 24 February 1948 –5 December 2016) was an Indian film actress and politician who served six terms as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for over fourteen years between 1991 and 2016.

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Kabaddi

Kabaddi is a contact team sport.

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Kappalottiya Thamizhan

Kappalottiya Thamizhan (The Tamilian who launched a Ship) is a 1961 Tamil-language Indian drama film directed by B. R. Panthulu.

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Kovilpatti

Kovilpatti, also known as Covilpatti, is a special grade municipality in Thoothukudi District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu (Pincode - 628501,628502,628503).

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Lala Lajpat Rai

Lala Lajpat Rai, (28 January 1865 – 17 November 1928) was an Indian freedom fighter.

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Life imprisonment

Life imprisonment (also known as imprisonment for life, life in prison, a life sentence, a life term, lifelong incarceration, life incarceration or simply life) is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted persons are to remain in prison either for the rest of their natural life or until paroled.

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M. G. Ramachandran

Marudur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 – 24 December 1987), popularly known as M.G.R., was an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for ten years between 1977 and 1987.

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M. P. Sivagnanam

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Madras High Court

The Madras High Court is the high court of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Madras Presidency

The Madras Presidency, or the Presidency of Fort St.

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Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule.

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Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh (born 26 September 1932) is an Indian economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014.

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Marble (toy)

A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass, clay, steel, plastic or agate.

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Marina Beach

Marina Beach is a natural urban beach in the city of Chennai (Madras), India, along the Bay of Bengal.

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Meyyaram

Meyyaram is a book written by V. O. Chidambaram Pillai.

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Ottapidaram

Ottapidaram is a small town in Tuticorin District and headquarters of Ottapidaram taluk, the biggest taluk in Tamil Nadu state.

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Palayamkottai

Palayankottai (Palamcottah பாளையங்கோட்டை) is a prominent neighbourhood in Tirunelveli City, South India.

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Partition of Bengal (1905)

The decision to effect the Partition of Bengal (বঙ্গভঙ্গ.) was announced on 19 July 1905 by the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon.

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Presidencies and provinces of British India

The Provinces of India, earlier Presidencies of British India and still earlier, Presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in the subcontinent.

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Ramayana

Ramayana (रामायणम्) is an ancient Indian epic poem which narrates the struggle of the divine prince Rama to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.

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Salem district

Salem District is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India.

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Shiva

Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव, IAST: Śiva, lit. the auspicious one) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

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Silambam

Silambam (சிலம்பம்) is a weapon-based martial art of India, more specifically in the state of Tamil Nadu, where it originated around 1000 BC.

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Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo (born Aurobindo Ghose; 15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950) was an Indian philosopher, yogi, guru, poet, and nationalist.

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SS Gallia

SS Gallia was a transatlantic ocean liner converted into a troopship in 1915.

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Subramania Bharati

Chinnaswami Subramania Bharati, also known as Bharathiyar (11 December 1882 – 11 September 1921) was a Tamil writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist and a social reformer from Tamil Nadu.

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Subramaniya Siva

Subramaniya Siva (4 October 1884 – 23 July 1925) was an Indian writer and activist during the Indian independence movement.

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Swadeshi movement

The Swadeshi movement, part of the Indian independence movement and the developing Indian nationalism, was an economic strategy aimed at removing the British Empire from power and improving economic conditions in India by following the principles of swadeshi and which had some success.

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Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company

Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company (SSNC), was one of the first indigenous Indian shipping companies setup during the Indian independence movement.

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Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna.

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Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians.

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Tamils

The Tamil people, also known as Tamilar, Tamilans, or simply Tamils, are a Dravidian ethnic group who speak Tamil as their mother tongue and trace their ancestry to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian Union territory of Puducherry, or the Northern, Eastern Province and Puttalam District of Sri Lanka.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian daily newspaper, headquartered at Chennai.

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Thoothukudi

Thoothukudi, also known by its British name Tuticorin, is a port city and a municipal corporation and an industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thoothukudi district

Thoothukudi District, also known as Tuticorin District (தூத்துக்குடி மாவட்டம், Tūttukkuţi Māvaţţam) is a district in Tamil Nadu state in southern India.

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Tiruchirappalli

Tiruchirappalli (formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli District.

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Tirukkuṛaḷ

The Tirukkural or Thirukkural (திருக்குறள், literally Sacred Verses), or shortly the Kural, is a classic Tamil text consisting of 1,330 couplets or Kurals, dealing with the everyday virtues of an individual.

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Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli, also known as Nellai and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Tolkāppiyam

The Tholkāppiyam (தொல்காப்பியம், literally Paleo-literature) is a work on the grammar of the Tamil language and the earliest extant work of Tamil literature and linguistics.

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Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

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Tuticorin Port Trust

V.O.Chidambaranar Port, formerly Tuticorin Port, is one of the 12 major ports in India.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._O._Chidambaram_Pillai

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