Chennimalai Kumaran (Tamil: திருப்பூர்
குமரன்; 1904-1932), was
an Indian revolutionary who participated in the Indian independence movement.
Kumaran was born in Chennimalai, a small town in the Erode District in Tamil
Nadu. He died from injuries sustained from a police assault near river Noiyal
during a protest march against the British colonial government on January 11,
1932. At the time of his death, he was holding the flag of the Indian
Nationalists, which had been banned by the British.
Kumaran founded Desa Bandhu Youth Association. The
government has erected his statue in a park by the railway station in Tirupur.
Kumaran is revered as a martyr in Tamil Nadu and is known by the epithet Kodi
Kaththa Kumaran
Chennimalai Kumaran
திருப்பூர்
குமரன்
Born: Kumaran
4-10-1904
Chennimalai, Erode, Tamil Nadu
Died : 11-1-1932
Nationality: Indian
Known for Indian
independence movement
Religion: Hindu