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Sankaralinganar | |
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| Born | January 26, 1895 Manmalai Medu near Virudhunagar, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Died | October 13, 1956 (aged 61) Madurai |
| Organization | Tamilnadu state movement |
Sankaralinganar was an Indian Tamil independence activist and Gandhian from Indian union who fasted to death in an effort to change the name of Madras State to Tamil Nadu.[1] He was a Tamil Nadu statehood activist.
- ^ "A tradition of political martyrdom". The Hindu. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.