Kamaraj nadar biography channel
SHRI K. KAMRAJ
Kumaraswami Kamaraj played a leading role in shaping India's destiny after the passing away of Jawaharlal Nehru in , to the Congress split in
Kumaraswami Kamaraj played a leading role in shaping India's destiny after the passing away of Jawaharlal Nehru in , to the Congress split in
He was born humble and poor in a backward area of Tamil Nadu on July 15, He was a Nadar, one of the most depressed castes of Hindu society. His schooling lasted only six years. At the age of twelve, he was already working as a shop assistant. He was barely fifteen when he heard of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre which was the turning point in his life.
Two years later when Kamaraj saw Gandhiji at Madurai, he knew his path was chosen.
He became a member of the Indian National Congress. Kamaraj was content for years to remain a rank and file Congress volunteer, working hard for the cause of the freedom movement, unmindful of his personal comfort or career.
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