Nagapattinam, Dec 4 (PTI) BJP national secretary H Rajatoday urged the state government to construct a memorial forfreedom fighter Neelakanta Brahmachari at his native villageErukkur in this district.
He was speaking after paying tributes to therevolutionary freedom fighter and founder of Bharat MataAssociation on his 128th birth anniversary at Erukkur. Neelakanta Brahmachari was sentenced to eight yearsimprisonment in connection with the murder of then TirunelveliDistrict Collector William Ashe in 1911 by his discipleVanchinathan.
He had spent another 10 years in jail for participatingin the freedom struggle.
Neelakanta Brahmachari was closely associated withlegendary poet Subramania Bharathi, V O Chidambaram Pillai andtrade union leader Singaravelar. PTI CORRSS.
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