Malayapuram Singaravelu (Aged 86) who was born on 18 February 1860 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He was a pioneer in various fields in India. He was also known as M. Singaravelu and Singaravelar. In 1918, he founded the first trade union in India, and on 1 May 1923, he organized the country’s first-ever May Day celebration. Singaravelar was a prominent leader of the Indian independence movement, initially under Gandhi’s leadership, but later, he joined the emerging communist movement. In 1925, he became one of the founding fathers of the Communist Party of India and chaired its inaugural convention in Kanpur.
Although the British Government arrested him and other leaders on charges of conspiring to wage war against the Crown, he was released soon after due to his failing health. Singaravelar was also a trailblazing social reformer who turned to Buddhism in his early life, considering it a weapon against the evil of untouchability, which was particularly severe in 19th-century India. He was also at the forefront of the Self-Respect Movement in the Madras Presidency, which fought for equal rights for backward castes.
Despite withdrawing from active politics in his later years, Singaravelar remained a staunch advocate of the causes he had pioneered until his death on 11 February 1946 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ma. Singaravelu
(1860 – 1946) – (Tamilnadu)
Malayapuram Singaravelu (Aged 86) who was born on 18 February 1860 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He was a pioneer in various fields in India. He was also known as M. Singaravelu and Singaravelar. In 1918, he founded the first trade union in India, and on 1 May 1923, he organized the country’s first-ever May Day celebration. Singaravelar was a prominent leader of the Indian independence movement, initially under Gandhi’s leadership, but later, he joined the emerging communist movement. In 1925, he became one of the founding fathers of the Communist Party of India and chaired its inaugural convention in Kanpur.
Although the British Government arrested him and other leaders on charges of conspiring to wage war against the Crown, he was released soon after due to his failing health. Singaravelar was also a trailblazing social reformer who turned to Buddhism in his early life, considering it a weapon against the evil of untouchability, which was particularly severe in 19th-century India. He was also at the forefront of the Self-Respect Movement in the Madras Presidency, which fought for equal rights for backward castes.
Despite withdrawing from active politics in his later years, Singaravelar remained a staunch advocate of the causes he had pioneered until his death on 11 February 1946 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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