Tamil Nadu Timeline

Self Immolation

3 events, 1964 to 2009; 1 marked as turning points.

  1. 1964

    1. 25 Jan 1964TiruchirappalliProtest

      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.

  2. 1965

    1. 25 Jan 1965 to Mar 1965MaduraiProtest

      1965 anti-Hindi agitation

      Student-led protests against Hindi becoming the sole official language turned into statewide riots, with police firing and self-immolations.

  3. 2009

    1. 29 Jan 2009ChennaiProtest

      Self-immolation of K. Muthukumar

      Journalist K. Muthukumar set himself on fire in Chennai in protest against the killing of Tamil civilians in the Sri Lankan war.