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During the election propaganda campaign, clashes occurred between the Tamil speaking communities and the
Malayalam speaking communities at various places in Kalkulam - Vilavancode Taluks. police force suppressed the agitating Nadars. In February 1948 police opened fire and two Tamil speaking Nadars
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The first general election of
Independent India was held on 1952. T.T.N.C won 8 legislative assembly seats. Mr. A. Chidambaranathan became the minister on behalf of T.T.N.C in the coalition state government formed by the Congress. In the parliamentary Constituency Mr. A. Nesamony was elected as M.P.
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On 11 August, Liberation Day celebrations were held at many places in South
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organised a meeting of his supporters at Allan
Memorial Hall, Nagercoil on 8 September 1947. In that meeting it was declared that they must achieve their objective through their political organisation, the T.T.N.C. And T.T.N.C started gaining strength and momentum in Kalkulam - Vilavancode Taluks.
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Travancore State. A lot of atrocities were committed by the Malayalis on the Tamils which caused untold sufferings and unliveable conditions which caused the Tamils to struggle to merge with the Tamil majority Madras state. In the Tamil regions, Malayalam was the official language and
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Nathaniel resigned from the post of president of T.T.N.C Mr. P. Ramasamy Pillai, a strong follower of Mr. A. Nesamony was elected as the New President.
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on 16 December 1945 under the leadership of Sam
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were killed and thousands of T.T.N.C and communist sympathizers were arrested in various parts of Tamil main land. At the end, Pattom Thanu Pillai's ministry was toppled and normalcy returned to the Tamil regions.
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