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 […]

Marudu Brothers were icons of our Freedom movement and were the first ones to proclaim the declaration of independence (Jambudweepa Declaration) against British.  Ramanathapuram District was spread far and wide during 18th Century CE and the major towns were classified as – Kizhakku Seemai (East Town) and Merku Seemai (West Town).  […]

Theerthagiri (aka Theeran Chinnamalai) was born in the year 1756 in Kangeyam near Erode.  He was the chieftain of Kongu region from Sangagiri Fort and was putting up a brave fight against the tyranny of moghuls like Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, while simultaneously fighting against British tyranny.  During one […]

The political power equation changed in the aftermath of 1757 Battle of Plassey.  The British, who were till then busy promoting their commercial interests and trade in Bharat, slowly took over the political power upon themselves.  This created a lot of flutter and fury among the Hindu rulers, chieftains and […]

Today , 12/08/2021 , Indian Space Research  Organisation has scheduled its space programme of launching  Geo- Imaging Satelitte , Gisat -!. ISRO has scheduled today, 12/08/2021, being the 102 birthday of the “ Father of India’s Space Programme “ Mr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai.  His contribution to our space programme was […]