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Keezhavenmani massacre - 50th anniversary
December 26 , 2018
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- December 25, 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Keezhavenmani massacre.
- Keezhvenmani is a village in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu.
- On December 25, 1968, 44 Dalits were locked in a hut in the village, which was then set fire to.
- Keezhvenmani was independent India’s first well-chronicled massacre of Dalits.
- It signifies the suppression of a landless community raising its voice to seek something as basic as decent wages.
- Dalits raised their nascent voice under the banner of the communist movement in the unified Thanjavur district.
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