Historian A.R. Venkatachalapathy, who won the Sahitya Akademi Award, 2024, for his book, Tirunelveeli Ezucciyum Vaa. Vuu.Ci. Yum 1908, met Chief Minister M.K. Stalin at his camp office on Saturday. Mr. Stalin congratulated him for winning the award. Mr. Venkatachalapathy said he informed Mr. Stalin that there were no monuments in Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi to remember the Tirunelveli uprising. Mr. Stalin promised him that the State government would build one. Governor R.N. Ravi felicitated Mr. Venkatachalapathy at the Raj Bhavan, and congratulated the historian.
Published – December 22, 2024 12:47 am IST