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Hello all,
Under 18th century activists the name Maruthanayagam has been removed.He was a controversial figure and worked for the British as a warrior.The British used this character to mow down all anti colonial activists in Tamil Nadu.Two most famous of them were [[Veeran Azhagu Mutthu Kon]] and [[Puli Thevan]]([[Polygar]] of Nelkattumseval},former was blown from the mouth of a cannon and the later was captured and handed to the British who hanged him.Later Maruthanayagam himself was killed ,but this time he was captured by the British and hanged by the [[Carnatic Nawab]] in 1756.Tamil Nadu government recogonises only [[Veeran Azhagu Mutthu Kon]] and [[Puli Thevan]],as freedom fighters ,while Maruthanayagam is recogonised by none except movie actor Kamalhassan who along with the BBC planned a mega buck movie ,but later dropped for various reasons.
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Though most of the more modern people certainly were Indian independance activists once you get to the 19th century and earlier it becomes far more a case of modern society imprinting its views on people who had entirely different motives. That they are considered folk heroes in modern India does not mean they actually were without a doubt freedom fighters. --[[User:Josquius|Josquius]] ([[User talk:Josquius|talk]]) 18:35, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
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