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Write a note on the Tirunelveli Uprising.
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Solution
- V.O Chidambaranar with Subramania Siva in organizing the mill workers in Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli.
- In 1908 he led a strike in the European owned coral mills. It coincided with the release of Bipin Chandra Pal.
- To celebrate the release of Bipin Chandra Pal V.O.C and Subramania Siva organized a public meeting.
- The two leaders were charged with sedition and sentenced to rigorous imprisonment.
- The news of the arrest sparked riots in Tirunelveli leading to the burning down of the Police Station, Court Building, and Municipal Office.
- It led to the death of four people in police firing. V.O.C was treated harshly.
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