T. V. Sasivarna Thevar, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

T. V. Sasivarna Thevar

Indian politician

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1912

Date of Death: 07-Nov-1973

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About T. V. Sasivarna Thevar

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  • Sasivarna Thevar (6 August 1912 – 7 November 1973) was an Indian politician.
  • He was a protégé of U.
  • Muthuramalinga Thevar and a leader of the Forward Bloc. Sasivarna Thevar was born in the southern part of the Madras province.
  • to T.Ladasamy servai& Guruvammal.
  • In 1934 he joined the movement organized by Muthuramalinga Thevar to oppose the Criminal Tribes Act (CTA).
  • He later joined the Indian National Congress. When Muthuramalinga Thevar resigned from the Congress and joined the All India Forward Bloc in 1939, Sasivarna Thevar followed suit.
  • In 1951, he contested and won the Legislative Assembly elections as a Forward Bloc candidate.In 1957, Muthuramalinga Thevar contested the Parliamentary elections as a candidate of the Forward Bloc from Aruppukottai and won.
  • As a result of this, he resigned the Mudukulathur Legislative Assembly seat which he had previously held.
  • Sasivarna Thevar stood for by-election from Mudukulathur and won.
  • However, the victory triggered controversy which resulted in the murder of Congress leader Emmanuel Sekaran Devendrar and fuelled the 1957 Ramnad riots. Sasivarna Thevar was also a part of the inter-caste peace conference organized by government for reconciliation between people of different castes.
  • This conference was attended by Thevar, Nadar and Devendrar leaders.
  • The death of Emmanuel Sekaran and the Ramnad riots followed soon afterwards. Following the death of Muthuramalinga Thevar on 30 October 1963, there erupted a power struggle between Thevar's other disciple, P.
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  • Mookayya Thevar and Sasivarna Thevar.
  • Mookiah Thevar emerged victorious and Sasivarna Thevar broke off to form the Subhasist Forward Bloc.

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