1. Tirupur Kumaran was bom in Chennimalai of Erode district.
2. As a youth, he actively participated in the freedom struggle of India,
3. in 1932, when Gandhiji was arrested, there were protests all over India.
4. Tirupur Kumaran took active part in these protests.
5. He lost his life when the police attacked violently.
6. He held on to the tricolour flag even when he died.
7. He was honoured with the title, ‘Kodi Kaatha Kumaran’.
