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Sankaralinganar Day – October 13
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- In 1952, Potti Sreeramulu demanded a separate state for Telugu speaking people with Madras as its capital.
- He went on hunger strike with his demand, and later died during his fasts.
- The Government of India formed a separate state and reorganised states in 1956 based on linguistic lines.
- After reorganisation, Tamil speaking people became the majority in Madras State.
- Sankaralinganar started a hunger strike on 27 July 1956 in Virudhunagar, with twelve demands which included Madras State to be renamed Tamil Nadu.
- After 76 days of fasting, he died on 13 October 1956.
- The name officially changed to Tamil Nadu on 14 January 1969 by an amendment in the Parliament of India.
- The Tamil Nadu Government built a memorial dedicated to Sanakralinganar in Virudhunagar in 2015.
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