POLITICSTHE HINDU NATIONAL
How V.O. Chidambaram Pillai earned the title ‘Sekkizhutha Chemmal’
V.O. Chidambaram Pillai was arrested for sedition in 1908 and subjected to harsh labor in Coimbatore prison, causing his hands to bleed. A British jailer noticed this and advised him to work at the oil press instead, which VOC accepted despite it typically being a task for bulls.
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