Mr.A. Nesamony was nominated to Travancore [Thirumoolam ] Assembly:[1945-1947] As President of the Nagercoil Bar Association and Chairman of Nagercoil Municipality, Mr. A. Nesamony earned great name and fame and as a corollary ,he was nominated as a Member to the Travancore {Thirumoolam ] Assembly and also nominated to the prestigious Senate of Travancore University.
Mr. A. Nesamony and Travancore Legislative Assembly Election[1948]: The Reforms Committee
headed by Pattam Thanu Pillai submitted its report to the Travancore Government on 20th November 1947; and on the basis of the Reform Committee's Report , General Election was conducted, to elect Legislators to the Travancore Legislative Assembly in 1948. In this historical and landmark Election, the Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress[TTNC], under the leadership of Marshal A. Nesamony contested the Assembly Election, against the Travancore State Congress. The Reform Committee recommended 120 Assembly seats on the basis of one seat for every 50000 voters. [Open category 80 seats and Reserved category 40 seats] In the legislative Assembly Election Mr. A. Nesamony, fielded 18 Candidates including himself on TTNC tickets.. Marshal Nesamony went village to village and propagated for the TTNC and TTNC won 14 seats out of the 18 seats it contested. This historical victory of the TTNC made great political impact in the political scenario of Travancre and Tamil Nadu. Moreover the landslide victory of the TTNC in the Election, made Marshal A. Nesamony as the undisputed Leader of the TTNC and Tamils of South Travancore.
The State Reorganization Committe and Travancore Tamils: In tune with announcement made by the then Prme Minister Mr. Jewaharlal Nehru in the Indian Parliament , on 29th December ,1953, the Govt of India formed the State Reorganization Commission consisting of 3 eminent persons and one among them was Sardar.K.M. Panickar from Kerala, and he was very particular to safeguard the interests of Kerala. But unfortunately there was no Tamil Member in this Commission to voice for the cause of Tamils of Travancore State. That made the task very difficult for Marshal.A. Nesamony.
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Mr.A.Nesamony was imprisoned : Mr. A. Nesamony's indomitable will power to fight for the cause of the Tamil people of Travancore , made him a Marshal or People's Leader. . In July ,1954 Mr. Nesamony protested and agitated in Devikulam and Moonaar areas against the oppression of Tamils by Travancore Government.and Mr. A.. Nesamony was arrested and imprisoned on 6-7-1954 in Trivandrum Central jail. but he was released on account of the intensity of the political agitation and demonstration by the TTNC for the immediate release of Mr.A. Nesamony and others . Again on 11th August , 1954, the TTNC celebrated the Independence Day in Travancore and as a corollary of this celebration by the TTNC, Tamils lived in Travancore State were seriously attacked by the Travancore Government. Many died due to bullet attacks of the Travancore Police and also many false charges were filed against the TTNC memebers and leaders. In this grave situation Marshal Nesamony stood with affected people and TNC as pillar and Lion. Mr. A. Nesamony even went to the Supreme Court of India and fought for the cause of affected Tamil people and their families and did justice to the affected people and TTNC. On 7th march, 1955 Mr.A Nesamony, was elected unanimously as the President of the Travancore Tamilnadu Congress[TTNC]
Merger of Kanyakumari Dist with Madras State: Due to consistent and relentless sacrifices and struggles and agitations , the four Southernn Districts of Travancore State, namely Vilavancode, Kalkulam Agasteeswaram and Thovali taluks were merged with the then Madras State on !st November 1956. Unfortunately the demand for the merger of Devikulam and Peermedu districts by Marsal A. Nesamony were not considered, due to some political influence of some tall Political Thinkers and Statesman from Kerala, who wielded great influence on the then Indian Prime Minister Mr Jewaharlal Nehru. Following the historical merger of Kanyakumari district with the then Madras State, the Travancore Tamilndu Congress[TTNC] was also merged with the All India National Congress.
Mr. Nesamony was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly : In the general Election held in 1957 for the Madras Legislative Assembly , Marshal A. Nesamony contested in All India National Congress ticket from Killiyoor Constituency , Kanyakumari and easily won the election with notable majority and entered the prestigious precinct of the Madras Legislative assembly. However due to some political moves and calculation Marshal A. Nesamony was not made a Minister in the the Government of Madras State.
Marshal A. Nesamony was elected to the Indian Parliament in 1962 & 1967: As a great shrewd political Thinker Marshal A. Nesamony understood the political tricks of the Tamil Nadu and Indian Politics. In this context the Indian Parliamentary Lok Sabha Election was announced in 1962, but Neasamony wanted to stay away from the Congress Party and Politics for some time for some reasons. But Mr. K. Kamaraj contacted Marshal Nesamony, for his own political reasons and requested Marshal A. Nesamony to contest in the MP election in Congress Party Ticket, from Nagercoil Parliamentary Constituency. . Mr. A. Nesamony accordingly contested in the election as a Congress candidate, but he did not do any political canvassing for his victory but when the Election results were declared, out of the three people who contested against Marshal A. Nesamony except Mr P. Vivekanandan, the other two lost their deposits and Mr.A Nesamony won the MP election in a outstanding way as usual. In the 1967 Indian Parliamentary Election also Marshal A Nesamony contested the MP election in Indian National Congress ticket and won the Election with thumping majority. Marshal A.Nesamony served as a great Parliamentarian and able Congress MP in the Indian Parliament, but due to cut throat political competition and inner party rivalry the ruling Congress leaders, failed to give Marshal. A. Nesamony, at least a Minister of State post in the Central Government.
P. BABU MANOHARAN. [ This Post will be modified or altered if needed later. Part Final will follow soon. Your Comments are welcome ]
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