He was known by the epithet ‘ Tamizh breeze ‘ (தமிழ் தென்றல்) and popular by his initials Thiru. Vi.Ka which stands for his full name Thiruvarur Viruthachala Kalyanasundaram. Today, on his birthday (26th Aug), we Viswa Samwad Kendra team, feel proud on recalling his services to Tamil Literature, Modern journalism, […]
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Vedanta Kesari Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati was brutally killed on the night of August 23, 2008 as he was opposing conversions of hapless tribals into Christianity and working for the welfare of the local forest dwellers in tribal dominated Orissa’s Kandhmal district. Born in 1924 in village Gurjung in the forest-dominated […]
“ He was a Man with Capital ‘M’” “ He was a bridge between the North East and the rest of India” “ His life was that of a Karmayogi;” – Organiser, magazine “ If I have two or three persons like him, I will revamp the Congress and there […]
Dr B R Ambedkar is rightfully credited for his efforts and initiatives in championing the cause of social justice and Hindu unity. He truly deserves to be celebrated by all Hindus for his genuine path-breaking initiatives in uplifting the depressed classes, while at the same time ensuring that they do […]
Dheerar ( Hero) S. Satyamurthy , 19/081887 -28/03/1943, was one of the leading lights of the swarajists who laid the foundation for parliamentary democracy in India, the others being Chitaranjan Das and Motilal Nehru. Born in Thirumayam, in Pudhukkottai, a princely state , in the then Madras, Presidency. He had his […]
This day 79 years before, that is, on August 17, 1942 Devakottai, then Ramanathapuram district (now Sivagangai district) southern Tamilnadu witnessed a blood bath- blood shed by freedom fighters – death of 75 persons (including 14 women) and over 300 persons were injured (many grievously). Devakottai is situated on Tiruchirappalli-Rameswaram […]
While many of us know about the bravery and sacrifice of Veerapandiya Kattabomman, the valour of his younger brother Ooomaithurai is not known to many of us. Oomaithurai’s real name was Kumaraswamy. Due to his speech impairment, he was called as Oomaithurai. He was instrumental in devising war strategy for […]
Here is the untold story of the barefoot Bengalis who beat a British football team to become national icons way before the Non-Cooperation Movement! How many of us know of a football match in which an Indian team shattered the arrogance of the British Raj? In a story that is […]
In the aftermath of the Second World War, post-colonial regimes in Africa and Asia hauled down imperial iconography, in an effort to sweep away remnants of their colonial heritage. The removal of British imperial statues from India’s public spaces was more widespread after the tricolour was unfurled. But Madras perhaps […]
August 15th, is a day of celebration for the State of Tamilnadu for yet another reason in addition to being Independence Day of our country. Yes, that day witnessed the birth of a Swadeshi Bank in Chennai (then Madras) Punjab National Bank was founded in Lahore in 1894, as part […]