Question

Who was the first Martyr of freedom struggle in South India?

• A. T. Prakasam
• B. Vanchi Iyer
• C. V.O. Chidambaram
• D. Kattabhomman

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Vanchi Iyer

Vanchi Ayer

• First Martyr of South India in Indian Freedom Struggle
• He assassinated Robert William Descourt Ashe, the Tirunelveli District Collector who brutally suppressed popular uprisings
• On July 17, 1911,Vanchi Iyer shot the Collector at the Maniachi railway station in Tamil Nadu.
• Vanchi Ayer also committed suicide there without being captured by the British.
• "The gunshots fired by Vanchi woke a nation from its deep slumber that had been enslaved for centuries." Said by : Madam Kama