Question

Write a note on Subramania Siva.

Answer 1

• Subramania Siva was born in Vathalagundu in Dindigal district.
• He was a freedom fighter and a creative writer.
• He was arrested many times for his anti-imperialist activities.
• While in jail he was affected by leprosy and he was ordered to be shifted to Salem jail.
• But the British Government enacted a law for Siva stating that leprosy patients should not travel by rail. So he had to walk a long distance with sores on his body.
• He died of the disease on 23rd July 1925.