What is in news : The Prime Minister has recalled the rich contributions of the illustrious Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar on Thevar Jayanthi.

About THEVAR

Ukkirapandi Muthuramalingam

• Also known as Pasumpon Muthuramalingam
• Was a politician and a patriarch of Thevar community in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
• Was born on 30 October 1908 in Pasumpon, Ramnad District.
• Mobilised resistance to Criminal Tribes Act in 1920
• Began to work to strengthen the Congress in the southern areas of the Presidency
• In February 1937, contested the assembly election himself, as a candidate in the Ramanathapuram constituency.
• Supported Bose’s election to presidency of 52nd annual session of the Indian National Congress, held in Tripuri in March 1939
• Helped the activist A. Vaidyanatha Iyer take Dalits to Meenakshi Temple in Madurai – Temple entry movement
• After independence split from congress and started Forward Blocc