Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar
Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar | |
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Portrait of Muthuramalinga Thevar on a postal stamp | |
| Born | Pasumpon Ukkirapandi Muthuramalinga Thevar 30 October 1908 Pasumpon village, Ramnad District, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Died | 30 October 1963 (aged 55) |
| Resting place | Pasumpon, Tamil Nadu |
| Other names | Deiva Thirumaganar |
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| Political party | All India Forward Bloc |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (Till 1939) |
Ukkirapandi Muthuramalinga Thevar (30 October 1908 – 30 October 1963), also known as Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, was a politician, independence activist, and a patriarch of Thevar community. He was elected three times to the national Parliamentary Constituency. The birth anniversary of Muthuramalinga Thevar on October 30 is celebrated annually by the Thevar community in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu as Thevar Jayanthi.