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Pazha Nedumaran
Born
Krishnan Pillai. Pazhaniyappan

(1933-03-10) 10 March 1933 (age 91)
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)Politician, writer, activist
Known forFounder of Ulaka Tamilar Peramaippu(World Tamil Confederation) and Tamil Nadu Kamaraj Congress
President of Tamils National Movement & Tamil Eelam Liberation Supporters Co-ordination Committee

Pazha Nedumaran Krishnan Pillai Pazhaniyappan (Tamil: பழ. நெடுமாறன்/கிருஷ்ணன் பிள்ளை பழநியப்பன்) is an Indian politician from the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He is an ex-national Congressman, a writer and Tamil nationalist, who has authored many books in Tamil and English.

He is the editor-in-chief of the by-weekly Tamil magazine Then Seidi (Tamil: தென் செய்தி). He is the leader of the Tamil Nationalist Movement and the இலங்கைத் தமிழர் பாதுகாப்பு இயக்க ஒருங்கிணைப்பாளர்.

Personal life

Pazha Nedumaran was born in Madurai. He graduated from The American College in Madurai. He was a close associate of K. Kamaraj, and had met Indira Gandhi a couple of times in the company of K. Kamaraj. He was reportedly disillusioned with the Congress after Kamaraj's demise.

His son Palani Kumanan is a software engineer in The Wall Street Journal and shared the Pulitzer Prize for 2015.[1][2][3]

Socio-political activities

Political

Nedumaran, who started his political career in 1969, was previously associated with the Indian National Congress party. Later on, he founded his own political party, named Tamil Nadu Kamaraj Congress (TNKC), with the aim of advocating for the welfare of Tamils.[4]

Human Rights

Tamil Eelam

References

  1. ^ Graphics, WSJ com News. "Medicare Unmasked: Behind the Numbers". WSJ. Archived from the original on 22 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. ^ "2015 Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Indian-origin engineer Palani Kumanan shares Pulitzer Prize in the US - timesofindia-economictimes". Archived from the original on 26 April 2015.
  4. ^ Nath, Akshaya (15 February 2023). "Writer, LTTE sympathiser - who's P. Nedumaran, ex-Congress leader claiming Prabhakaran is alive". ThePrint. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Veerappan has promised to give up violence". The Hindu. Bangalore, India. 19 November 2000. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Nedumaran on fast unto death". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 September 2007. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007.
  7. ^ "A voice for Nedumaran". Tehelka. India. 14 May 2005. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012.

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