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Anti Hindi Agitation-1965.A great historical fact has been hidden by all
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When Shiv Nadar protested against
Hindi
PTI | Jul 19, 2012, 11.49AM IST
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Shiv Nadar said he almost faced
bullets during the anti-Hindi agitation while studying in a city college about
four decades ago.
COIMBATORE: Shiv Nadar, founder chairman of Rs 16,000-crore IT
enterprise HCL, today said he almost faced bullets during the anti-Hindi
agitation while studying in a city college about four decades ago.
"The anti-Hindi agitation changed the entire face of Tamil Nadu with a local party emerging on the top, relegating the Congress," he said at a function tonight at PSG College of Technology, from where he graduated in engineering.
He said during the peak of the agitation on Jan 25, 1965, there was a lathicharge near a post office, which disturbed a lot of students, including him, a third year student.
"On top of it, there was a rumour the next day that two students of Madurai Medical College were shot at, sparking tension. About 5,000 students from almost all colleges in the city, with me in front, marched to the Collector's office, to take up the issue directly with him," he said.
The officials made it clear there was shoot at sight orders against those indulging in violence, he said.
"Someone was holding a gun and calling your bluff. It was as big a risk you can possibly take," Nadar said.
As the students were dispersing someone stated that they torch two or three buses, now that they have reached this far. "But I politely turned down this dangerous appeal."
"My student days in PSG saw three Prime Ministers, two wars, taught us courage, resilience, leadership and optimism," he said.
Nadar said the Centre ultimately bowed to pressure and withdrew the order on making Hindi compulsory.
"The anti-Hindi agitation changed the entire face of Tamil Nadu with a local party emerging on the top, relegating the Congress," he said at a function tonight at PSG College of Technology, from where he graduated in engineering.
He said during the peak of the agitation on Jan 25, 1965, there was a lathicharge near a post office, which disturbed a lot of students, including him, a third year student.
"On top of it, there was a rumour the next day that two students of Madurai Medical College were shot at, sparking tension. About 5,000 students from almost all colleges in the city, with me in front, marched to the Collector's office, to take up the issue directly with him," he said.
The officials made it clear there was shoot at sight orders against those indulging in violence, he said.
"Someone was holding a gun and calling your bluff. It was as big a risk you can possibly take," Nadar said.
As the students were dispersing someone stated that they torch two or three buses, now that they have reached this far. "But I politely turned down this dangerous appeal."
"My student days in PSG saw three Prime Ministers, two wars, taught us courage, resilience, leadership and optimism," he said.
Nadar said the Centre ultimately bowed to pressure and withdrew the order on making Hindi compulsory.
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It
is true. At that time I was a student of Pachaiyappa's college.I along with
Ravichandran, a law college student, led a protest march to picket Head Post
Office at Mount road on 8th Feb.1965. We were fourteen students marching
towards the post office. There was pin drop silence in the road. Thousands of
police were deployed to morally threaten us. I was first in the row leading the
procession.. When we stopped the workers, the AC Senthamarai arrested us and an
FIR was filed. We were sent to Central Jail for 14 days. I thought my life came
to an end. Among the fourteen studernts. who were first impisoned, only three
of us are still alive. The imprisonment sparked violence all over Tamil Nadu
and thousands of students were killed. The Central ministers, C.Subramaniam,
R.Venkatraman and others resigned. The 'Time' Magazine described the agitation
as "Second Bloody Revolution" next to the “fight for independence”. In1967 General
Election the Congress was routed out completely. The DMK captured the power.
When I demanded my 'Jail Certificate" I was informed by a letter from
jailer that all the documents pertaining to “Anti- Hindi Agitation” were burnt
away.
