No, Karunanidhi Did Not ‘Deny’ Kamarajar & Rajaji a Marina Burial. His arrival was kept secret as Gandhiji was unwell. The girl children were advised to learn from their mothers. According to a rumour, Karunanidhi had reportedly denied permission for Rajaji and Kamarajar to be buried at Marina. Rajaji had revolted against Satyamurti, the Madras Presidency Congress Committee leader from 1936-1939 and Mayor of Madras for a term, on charges of casteism in the 1930s. மாற்று ), You are commenting using your Google account. His political wisdom and integrity are beyond question. He was the first person to reach. When Karunanidhi and Indira Gandhi defeated Kamaraj & Rajaji. I have persuaded them to remain for the very simple reason that the short time available for the election work ahead could not admit of such wholesale resignations. After the change, the school education system went under revolution and that saw opening of new schools under the new policies. For my part, I cannot but quit. No village remained without a primary school and no panchayat without a high … For 20 years Gandhiji has been the leader whom I have unswerving followed and my faith in him continues unabated. have to watch now one by one good selection. ( Log Out / To read too many meanings into this is the product of social media," he adds. Kamaraj was elected as the president of the Tamil Nadu Congress in 1940, the post which he held till he became the chief minister of Tamil Nadu in 1954. Kamaraj is known as kalvi vallal (loosely translated as a benevolent educator) because he made school education completely free. Yesterday the Parliamentary Board met, as already arranged. Kamaraj with his small cabinet of ministers. Is there any truth to the rumour? He also opposed the Quit India Movementand instead advocated dialogue with the Bri… The caste politics started then. During his time as a Chief Minister, Kamaraj did away with the earlier family vocation based Hereditary Education Policy that had been introduced by Rajaji. And Kalaignar himself went to Rajaji's house and gave him the tamra patra which was given to freedom fighters.". Modeled on the lines of Dandi March, which was led by Mahatma Gandhi on the western coast of India the month before, it was organised to protest the salt tax imposed by the British Raj in the colonial India. On my return journey from Palani, someone gave me at one of the halts a letter reviling Shri Rajaji and Shri Gopalaswami (N. Gopalaswami Iyengar, Chairman, Jubilee Celebration Committee of the Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Madras) , and informing me that they would not allow anyone against them to come near me. The Vedaranyam March was a framework of the nonviolent civil disobedience movement in British India. I am the official head of the Tamil Nadu Congress. Mahatma Gandhi, who had declared more than once that he had nothing to do with Parliamentary politics and that he was not interested in anyone particularly, was led into a serious error when he characterized the official Tamil Nadu Congress as a “clique”. That is the broad contour. He is a great social reformer, never afraid to act according to his belief. The delivery of the very letter disproves the allegation. Rajaji was thus the architect of the first coalition government in 1952 which continued and was expanded by Kamaraj in 1954 till 1957. This event is seen as the watershed moment in Tamil Nadu politics bringing curtains to the Brahmin-dominant political … That I should occasion him pain drives me to take the action I have decided to take. First of all, please understand that Kamaraj, was not buried, but cremated, as per the customs of his religion/community, and so were the other former Chief Ministers, Rajaji and Bhaktavatsalam. Kamaraj Congress, Prakasam Congress and Rajaji Congress were the prominent of those. They had arranged it. Rajaji’s major fallacy was to align with DMK to vanquish Kamaraj and Congress.He even acknowldeged that to Kamaraj.His so called farsight could not even see the cunningness with which DMK back tracked on prohibition and stuck to ruining Tamilnadu of its heritage.Dravidian movement had by and large proved to be the undoing of Tamilnadu and all Rajaji’s well intentioned schemes Rajagopalachari was arrested in December 1940, in accordance with the Defence of India rules, and sentenced to one-year in prison. No, Karunanidhi Did Not ‘Deny’ Kamarajar & Rajaji a Marina Burial. No one who wanted to say anything worth-while could be prevented from seeing me or writing to me. Congressmen in the South will act as they think best. Rajesh K says: April 14, 2012 at 5:27 pm . It is not true. Rajaji called me and asked me to propose the name of C.P. It pains me much that Gandhiji did not talk to us anything about the Tamil Nadu Congress affairs while here.His use of the word “clique” affects me deeply. That was the last thing he told me… There is even a famous picture of Rajaji blessing Karunanidhiji. ( Log Out / That, in 1942, he differed (On the issue of demand for Pakistan, Rajagopalachari, resigned from the Congress Party on July 15, 1942) from me, I know. A rumour doing the rounds on social media argues that Karunanidhi had denied the Marina burial honour to leaders like Rajaji and Kamaraj, both of them from the Congress. He was with me in the Temple on the Palani Hill. “He requested us to perform the last rites of Kamarajar at Gandhi Mandapam to honour the freedom fighter. During Rajaji’s term, hereditary-based vocational courses were introduced which required children to learn the occupation of their parents. K. Kamaraj succeeded Rajaji in 1954 and faced the Second Assembly election in March 1957 as the Congress’ incumbent Chief Minister. The Presidency came under the direct rule of the Governor on 30 October 1939, according to Section 93 of the Government of India Act of 1935. There was no demand, no one asked for a Marina burial for him. And was Karunanidhi antagonistic to the leaders who had been buried at the Gandhi Mandapam? Besides the Congress, the main parties were the Communist Party of India, Forward Bloc, Praja Socialist Party, and the Socialist Party. The ruling party had said no to Karunanidhi being buried after his death at the Marina, a landmark in the capital city which houses the memorials of political leaders like Annadurai, MGR, and Jayalalithaa. After Gandhiji’s recent article, I feel that I can do nothing else than resign from the Parliamentary Board because all this conflict has come about only on account of the parliamentary programme. Kamaraj became the Chief Minister and Rajaji never held any post thereafter. Rajaji was cremated according to his wishes. Subbiah. If you are short of … Besides the Congress, the main parties were the Communist Party of India, Forward Bloc, Praja Socialist Party, and the Socialist Party. I was, therefore, pained to find a clique against him. As for the public agitation against Rajaji, it is only the reaction among Congressmen and the public to Rajaji’s action and his speeches since his Pakistan resolution and resignation from the Congress. Rajaji is one of my oldest friends and was known to be the best exponent in word and deed of all I stand for. So have been many of the other members of our Working Committee. Rajaji for his compulsory Hindi policy in 1938 was already unpopular in this part of India. Some months after the outbreak of the Second World War, Rajagopalachari resigned as premier along with other members of his cabinet in protest at the declaration of war by the Viceroy of India. Neither I nor my colleagues believe in the parliamentary programme except as a means to further the country’s struggle for freedom. Rajaji, the statesman of Brahmin hagiography, had to bow out ingloriously tendering his resignation in 1954. My four colleagues, Messrs T. S. Avinashilingam, C. N. Muthuranga Mudaliar, O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiar and Mrs. Rukmani Lakshmipathy felt compelled to quit also. No. It was extended two times on 15 February 1943 and on 29 September 1945 by the proclamation of the Governor. Rajaji knew where Gandhiji would get down from the train. K. Kamaraj succeeded Rajaji in 1954 and faced the Second Assembly election in March 1957 as the Congress’ incumbent Chief Minister. Rajaji died in December 1972 and Kamaraj in October 1975. There was a huge uproar for language-based states across Madras. It came as a shock to me. ': Stalin's emotional letter to Karunanidhi. But there's a twist to the tale. TNM spoke to Rajaji's great grandson, CR Kesavan, and a senior journalist to find out. … Karunanidhi was the person who led the entire thing. In one sense, this was a case of things coming full circle. Rajaji’s political vagaries in 1938 and 1953 meant the passing of Brahmins as the controllers of Tamil Nadu’s political destiny till the next four decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Tamil_Nadu_Legislative_Assembly_election A senior journalist belonging to a leading publication told TNM that Karunanidhi had not denied Kamaraj a burial at the Marina either. He is a Brahmin (Pappan in the filthy language of rogue parties in Tamilnadu). He also added that the Tamil Nadu Congress had never made any such request to Karunanidhi: “We didn’t make any request to Karunanidhi for a memorial for Kamaraj. (Kovai Ayyamuthu explains to EVR Periyar how his actions led to the removal of Rajaji and how he was instrumental in Kamaraj gaining political significance) ‘ ‘These are events of 1940. I had made my position clear on dozens of platforms since my release. CR Kesavan is a National Spokesperson of the Congress and Trustee of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. Ramasamy extended his support to Congress. Therefore Gandhiji’s reference can only be applicable to me. Notably, the panel set up by Kamaraj was headed by N.D. Sundaravadivelu, a non-Brahmin. Shri Kamaraja Nadar did well in resigning the presidentship of the Tamil Nadu Provincial Parliamentary Board. In the report, Nedumaran has said conclusively that no such demand about a Marina burial was ever made: "Congressmen decided to perform the last rites at Sathyamurthi Bhavan here but it was the then Chief Minister Karunanidhi, who offered land at Gandhi Mandapam to build a memorial for Kamaraj.". ", Also read: 'This one time can I call you Appa? Rajaji's bill nonchalantly advised students coming from "occupational communities" to go home, when school is over for the day, to learn crafts from their father. Police took the charge of receiving Gandhiji. Reply. In one sense, this was a case of things coming full circle. Rajaji was cremated according to his wishes. பின்னர் மீள முயற்சிக்கவும். C.Rajagopalachari, a close associate of Gandhi, led the march which had close to 150 volunteers, most … The State made immense strides in education and trade. The rising unpopularity of his government forced K.Kamaraj to withdraw his support for Rajagopalachari and on 26th March 1954, he resigned as President of the Madras Legislature Congress Party there by precipitating new elections. Following which, we performed the last rites at Gandhi Mandapam and Kamarajar sister’s grandsons lighted the pyre. Above image: Rajaji with a walking stick (later he became first Gov. Like Rajaji, Kamaraj was cremated at … Where Rajaji was more intent on balancing the budget and cheerfully sacrificing educational progress for the citizenry Kamaraj, shaped by his life, was more revolutionary. But Kamaraj denied meeting him stating, “when you are not interested in meeting the chief minister of our state, of a nation, I am no more interested in meeting you” His rule was the rule of Periyar. But meanwhile Gandhiji’s article appeared. Rajaji decried it as, ‘a rule evading God’ and he wrote an article in a similar topic in Kalki, a Tamil journal on 8.12.1961. Memorials in Guindy – Gandhi, Rajaji, Kamaraj, Bhaktavatsalam Memorials. That needed serious attention. Rajaji was thus the architect of the first coalition government in 1952 which continued and was expanded by Kamaraj in 1954 till 1957. Speaking to TNM, CR Kesavan, the great grandson of Rajaji, who was just returning after paying his respects to Karunanidhi at Rajaji Hall, says, "It is untrue. All honour for the boldness with which he publicly avowed the difference. Rajaji had revolted against Satyamurti, the Madras Presidency Congress Committee leader from 1936-1939 and Mayor of Madras for a term, on charges of casteism in the 1930s. But I would be less than loyal to the organization, if I did not warn them against losing the valuable services which no one can shoulder as Rajaji can at the present moment. He fought well over a big constitutional issue until it became impossible for him to continue any further. Shri Kamaraja Nadar was with me on the same special. The counter affidavit filed by the state government before the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, who is looking into the burial tussle, also states that Karunanidhi had allocated the land at Gandhi Mandapam and not the Marina for Kamaraj, because the latter was not a sitting Chief Minister when he passed away. I feel strongly that Gandhiji should make amends in this matter, and I have every hope he will. 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