Description
The original title runs to about 600 pages, whereas this book is the concise presentation of it. The story of Tamils, especially the school kids who fought a heroic fight to defend their mother tongue and got shot down by the Indian paramilitary forces in 1965, needs to be told and retold constantly. The 1965 story, narrated by the author in an authentic and objective, is a realistic and chilling account. It is the story of every citizen of India should know. Inputs from eminent persons to college students and political leaders to common man who were part of the anti-Hindi agitations, helped to know about the ground realities during the agitations. Articles, News related to the agitations were taken from the Government of Tamilnadu, Chennai Archives and Libraries of Colleges and Universities. These are the sources that assures the authenticity and originality of the speeches, statements and statistics given in this book.
