How V.O. Chidambaram Pillai earned the title ‘Sekkizhutha Chemmal’
VOC was arrested on the charge of sedition on March 12, 1908. A British jailer noticed his hands bleeding from the harsh labour of separating
VOC was arrested on the charge of sedition on March 12, 1908. A British jailer noticed his hands bleeding from the harsh labour of separating coir and spinning rope in the Coimbatore prison. Hence, he advised him to work at the oil press instead. VOC accepted the suggestion and pulled the oil press himself, a task normally reserved for bulls
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