Taking to X, PM Modi mentioned, “Paying homage to Thiru Okay. Kamaraj Ji on his beginning anniversary. He was on the forefront of India's freedom wrestle and offered invaluable management within the childhood of our journey after Independence. His noble beliefs and emphasis on social justice encourage us all drastically.”
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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge additionally paid tribute to Okay Kamraj, calling him “a real son of India.”
“At present, we pay our honest homage to Okay. Kamarajar, a real son of India, revered by the folks of Tamil Nadu for his pioneering social welfare initiatives,” Kharge wrote on X.
Highlighting Kamraj's lively function within the freedom wrestle and his “transformative affect” in nation constructing after independence, Kharge mentioned, “One of many Independence motion's towering figures, a Former Congress President, and a recipient of the Bharat Ratna, Kamarajar was a tireless champion of social justice. His visionary Mid Day Meal scheme stood as a robust catalyst, breaking down limitations and bringing schooling inside attain for the deprived.”Kumaraswami Kamaraj was born humble and poor in a backward space of Tamil Nadu on July 15, 1903. His education lasted solely six years. On the age of twelve, he was already working as a store assistant. He was barely fifteen when he heard of the Jallianwala Bagh bloodbath, which was the turning level in his life.Kamaraj was elected to the Madras Legislative Meeting in 1937, unopposed. He was once more elected to it in 1946. He was additionally elected to the Constituent Meeting of India in 1946 and later to Parliament in 1952.
He grew to become the Chief Minister of Madras in 1954. In 1963, he recommended to Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, that senior Congress leaders ought to depart ministerial posts to take up organisational work. This suggestion got here to be referred to as the ‘Kamaraj Plan'.
He was honoured posthumously with India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in 1976.
