Pasumpon Muthuramalingar - Birthday Celebration Full name: Ukrapandi Muthuramalingar Born: October 30, 1908 – Pasumpon, Ramanathapuram district Died: October 30, 1963 Freedom fighter, patriot, and politician from Tamil Nadu. Initially active in the Indian National Congress; later joined the All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) founded by Subhas Chandra Bose. Supported the leadership of Subhas Chandra Bose and his policy of complete independence. Served as a Member of Parliament from Ramanathapuram constituency. He held a conference against the Criminal Law in Kamudi on May 12 and 13, 1934. Due to his continuous struggle, the law was repealed in 1948. He had visited Burma twice in the years 1936 and 1955. In 1938, he joined Comrade P. Jeevanandham in a struggle for the rights of workers working in a spinning mill in Madurai. During 1938, he was the leader of 23 workers' unions in Madurai. He planned to hold a protest to enter the Madurai Vaidyanatha Iyer temple on the eighth Monday of July in 1939. He won the assembly elections held in 1946 unopposed. He contested the assembly and parliamentary elections held in 1952 and 1957 and won both. He won the 1962 parliamentary election despite being unable to campaign due to ill health. He is respectfully called “Pasumpon Muthuramalingath”. His memorial is located in Pasumpon. It is one of the important monuments of Tamil Nadu.
