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V.O.C: India's freedom fighter | SBS Tamil. He was a lawyer, politician, freedom fighter and entrepreneur..
V.O.C: India's freedom fighter | SBS Tamil. He was also known as Kappalottiya Tamizhan (Tamil Helmsman) and Sekkizuththa Semmal (scholarly gentry who suffered at the oil press)...
V.O.C: India's freedom fighter | SBS Tamil. He joined the Indian National Congress in 1905 and supported the Swadeshi movement against British imperialism..
V.O.C: India's freedom fighter | SBS Tamil. He founded the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1906 to run a shipping service between Tuticorin and Colombo, competing with the British India Steam Navigation Company...
V.O.C: India's freedom fighter | SBS Tamil. He was influenced by Swami Vivekananda and Swami Ramakrishnananda and followed their teachings of serving the nation..
V.O.C: India's freedom fighter | SBS Tamil. He was arrested by the British in 1908 for sedition and conspiracy and sentenced to life imprisonment..
V.O.C: India's freedom fighter | SBS Tamil. His health deteriorated due to the harsh conditions and he was released in 1912 after a public outcry..
V.O.C: India's freedom fighter | SBS Tamil. He was honoured with a postage stamp by the Government of India in 1972 on his birth centenary..
V.O.C: India's freedom fighter | SBS Tamil. He continued to fight for India's independence and social justice until his death on 18 November 1936 in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu..
V.O.C: India's freedom fighter | SBS Tamil. He wrote several books and articles on history, politics, law and religion in Tamil and English..
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