Question

who assisted to V O C in the 1908 thirunelveli uprising

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Leaders of extremists in the Congress to Madras city. After the Surat split in 1907, V.O.C. and fellownationalists started the Chennai Jana Sangam. SubramaniaBharathi was a non-conformist, unorthodoxand a revolutionary in social and political ideas. He edited the Tamil Weekly India .He wrote nationalistsongs called the SwadesaGeethangal.V.O. Chidambaram Pillai was a lawyer by profession and he joined the nationalist movement in1905. He was a follower of BalGanghadarTilak. He led the Coral Mill Strike in February 1908 inTuticorin. In 1906 he launched the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in Tuticorin. Hence he wascalled KappalottiyaTamilan. There was competition between Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company andBritish India Steam Navigation Company. V.O.C. advocated the boycott of the British India SteamNavigation Company and this had resulted in the Tirunelveli uprising in March 1908. He was ablyassisted by Subramania Siva. Both were arrested and imprisoned. They served six