ProtestMadras State (Congress era)
Chinnasamy self-immolates against Hindi imposition
DMK member Chinnasamy set himself on fire at Tiruchi, the first of the language martyrs of the second anti-Hindi struggle.
On 25 January 1964, a DMK member named Chinnasamy died by self-immolation at Tiruchirappalli in protest against the imposition of Hindi. The DMK described him as the first language martyr of the second phase of the anti-Hindi struggle. His death came as the date of 26 January 1965, when Hindi was to become the sole official language, approached. Several other self-immolations followed during the 1965 agitation.
