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'''Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress''' (TTNC) was a political party in the erstwhile Indian state of [[Travancore-Cochin]]. The party was led by [[A. Nesamony]]; later conferred with the title of ''Father of Kanyakumari'' district.<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/remembering-marshal-nesamony/article4057148.ece | title=Remembering Marshal Nesamony | work=The Hindu | date=2 November 2012 | accessdate=3 February 2014}}</ref> |
'''Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress''' (TTNC) was a political party in the erstwhile Indian state of [[Travancore-Cochin]]. The party was led by [[A. Nesamony]]; later conferred with the title of ''Father of Kanyakumari'' district.<ref name="thehindu1">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/remembering-marshal-nesamony/article4057148.ece | title=Remembering Marshal Nesamony | work=The Hindu | date=2 November 2012 | accessdate=3 February 2014}}</ref> |
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Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress (TTNC) was a political party in the erstwhile Indian state of Travancore-Cochin. The party was led by A. Nesamony; later conferred with the title of Father of Kanyakumari district.[1]
History
The Kingdom of Travancore, a princely state in India consisting a major community of Malayalees and minor one of Tamils with the latter being the one which was discriminated against.[1][2] They protested for their rights by forming several polictical parties one of them being the Tamil party, Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress; formed on 9 October 1947 by A. Nesamony in Nagercoil. Initially, the party, with the demand for the formation of separate Tamilian state with Travancore;[2] contested the first Travancore constituent assembly election in 1948 winning by 14 seats.[3]
In 1949, as a part of integration of India, Kingdom of Travancore merged with Kingdom of Cochin, another princely state, to form Travancore-Cochin,[4] with Rajpramukh as the Governor. The party won 8 seats in the first Travancore-Cochin assembly election. In the assembly, it supported the Congress to form a government. But after 19 months of indifference, it withdrew its support.[5] In second assembly election in 1954, TTNC won 12 seats.[3] In the same year, TTNC raised a cry to merge Tamil dominated taluks such as Thovalai, Agasteeswaram, Kalkulam, Vilavancode, Neyyatinkarai, Shenkottai, Devikulam and Peermade with Madras state.[6] The ensuing protest took a violent turn with some agitators being killed in police firing.[7][8] As per the recommendations of States Reorganisation Commission, through the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Tamil regions (present day Kanyakumari district) of Travancore-Cochin merged with Madras state (present day Tamil Nadu) on 1 November 1956.[9] After the merger of the regions, the party leaders dissolved the party by joining with the ruling Congress party in 1957.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Remembering Marshal Nesamony". The Hindu. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ a b c Kumari Thanthai, Marshall A. Nesamony; Dr.Peter, Dr. Ivy Peter,; Peter. Liberation of the Oppressed a Continuous Struggle. History Kanyakumari District. p. 244. GGKEY:4WSDDCN93JK.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Cite error: The named reference "NesamonyPeter," was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - ^ a b "History Of Kerala Legislature". Government of Kerala. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ John Jeya Paul; Keith E. Yandell (2000). Religion and Public Culture: Encounters and Identities in Modern South India. Psychology Press. pp. 189–. ISBN 978-0-7007-1101-7.
- ^ Meera Srivastava (1980). Constitutional Crisis in the States in India. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 50–. GGKEY:0BS5QYU7XF2.
- ^ "Historically and demographically, Peermedu and Devikulam taluks belong to TN". The weekendleader. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ Manisha (2010). Profiles of Indian Prime Ministers. Mittal Publications. pp. 311–. ISBN 978-81-7099-976-8.
- ^ S. C. Bhatt, Gopal K. Bhargava (2006). Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: In 36 Volumes. Kerala. Gyan Publishing House. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-81-7835-370-8.
- ^ "'Floral tributes on Kumari-TN merger day to Nesamony'". The New Indian Express. 1 November 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2014.