Which fearless freedom fighter and trade union leader from Tamil Nadu famously led the Buckingham and Carnatic Mills strike in 1921 and was acclaimed as 'Chekkilutta Semmal' for enduring brutal colonial penal labor?

💡 Solution & Explanation

V.O. Chidambaram Pillai was subjected to harsh physical labor in Coimbatore jail, pulling the oil press single-handedly during his rigorous imprisonment, earning the epithet Chekkilutta Semmal. Labor organizer Singaravelu Chettiar pioneered early trade unionism and celebrated the first May Day in Madras in 1923. Chidambaram Pillai's sacrifices galvanized the nationalist working class.