mahatma gandhi carried the salt satyagraha at vedaranyam in tamil nadu.
mahatma gandhi carried the salt satyagraha at vedaranyam in tamil nadu.
who carried the salt satyagraha at vedaranyam in tamil nadu?
mahatma gandhi
the milestones in the eventful life of this multifaceted personality and man of conviction and humor are numerous. he joined the non cooperation movement in 1920 & participated in the tilak swaraj fund. around the same time or a year later, he met "the dear, revered kumarji at the travancore district congress conference in chetalai" and began promoting khadi living with him in trivandrum. this lasted for several years. ramachandran became one of the earliest honors graduates of the visva bharati in 1924 and joined the sabarmathi ashram. after college he took part in the salt-satyagraha revolution in 1930 together with rajaji at vedaranyam. he was sentenced to imprisonment for one year and a fine of 500 rupees. he also functioned as the provincial secretary of the harijan sevak sangh in tamil nadu and kerala and member of the central executive committee of harijan sevak sangh. ramachandran took active part in the temple entry movement in tamilnad and kerala (vaikom). as decided by harijan sevak sangh, he toured around travncore with m. govindan, k.g. kunjukrishna pillai, v. achutha menon and others collecting signatures of "savarna hindus" in favour of the entry of "avarnars" to temples which complemented the exceptional work carried out by the valiya rajah of ennakkadu, k. kumar and pandavath sankara pillai in travancore in favour of temple entry and communal harmony[**]. he later spent six years as one of the general secretaries of the hindustani tamil sangh in sevagram and actively promoted basic education in tamil nadu, mysore and andra. he was later appointed the chairman of the basic education assessment committee set up by the government of india. he was even appointed educational advisor of rajaji government of madras state and joined the pattom tanu pillai cabinet (in travancore) as a minister. he served the indian express as an editor. along with his wife dr (mrs.) soundram ramachandran founded gandhigram in 1947 and was its director for 15 years. he also served as a member of the rajya sabha for 6 years. he served on the bal with ray g mehta committee on community development. he was the general secretary of gandhi smark nidhi for 3 years. he was even the founder secretary of the gandhi peace foundation, and editor of gandhi marg (english journal). he conferred the degree of d.litt by the kashi vidya peeth, title of "desikottama" by viswabarathi university and doctorate by gandhigram rural university. he traveled the world and lectured in the universities in england, germany, united states, soviet union, poland, yugoslavia, ceylon etc. spreading the message of mahatma gandhi. he was a member of the delegation sent to moscow by the gandhi peace foundation along with the congress president un debar to take the message of peace and to prevent the use of nuclear weapons. he was an author and wrote thought and talks, village reconstruction step by step, the man gandhi, a sheaf of gandhi anecdotes, higher values of life, adventuring with life and more titles. he was an advocate of world peace and received peace awards from grambling university, usa and the soka gakkai international, tokyo. as a last venture ramachandran founded the madhavimandiram loka seva trust, at the age of 76 bequeathing all his ancestral property (to the trust) in memory of his mother smt madhavi tankachi.
g. ramachandran (social reformer)
a month later, rajagopalachari was unanimously elected as the president of the tamil nadu congress committee (tncc) at the conference held in vellore. t. s. s. rajan was elected as the secretary, while panthulu iyer, swaminatha chetty, lakshmipathi, a. vaidyanatha iyer and n. s. varathachariyar were among the prominent members of the committee. in the meanwhile, the party headquarters was shifted from madras to trichinopoly. a month later, rajagopalachari intended to initiate a proteston the lines of dandi marchon the eastern coast to make salt at vedaranyam, tanjore district, madras presidency. rajaji initially thought of choosing kanyakumari, the point where the arabian sea, the bay of bengal and the indian ocean confluence with each other. since the tncc had decided not to conduct satyagraha in non-native states, kanyakumari, which was then a part of the princely state of travancore, was ruled out. vedaratnam pillai, an active congressman and a resident of vedaranyam, convinced rajaji that his hometown be the preferred destination. rajaji agreed with his idea as there were "convenient" salt marshes at the agasthiampalli salt factory, which was located near vedaranyam. further, pillai was also a licensee of the salt factory and had knowledge about the manufacturing of salt. further, rajaji was influenced by the location of the town; it was a part of the tanjore district, which was a congress stronghold.
vedaranyam march