Vanchinathan--Swami_Vivekananda

Vanchinatha Iyer (1886 – 17 June 1911), popularly known as Vanchinathan or Vanchi, was a Brahmin and an Indian independence freedom activist. He is credited with the assassination of Robert Ashe Durai. The assassination of Robert Ashe Durai in the present-day Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu is a significant episode in the story of India's freedom movement. He was killed by R. Vanchinathan Iyer for his role in suppressing the Swadeshi movement in the Madras Presidency. Ashe, who was the Joint Magistrate of Thoothukudi, came to be despised by nationalists for misusing his authority to cause the downfall of the Swadeshi Shipping Company, a proud symbol of the movement in Madras. Furthermore, during the Tinnevely riots of 1908, which started due to the arrest of freedom fighters like V.O. Chidamabaram and Subramania Siva, Ashe issued the order for the police to violently assault the agitators. To avenge this brutality, the revolutionary factions decided to assassinate him, and Vanchinathan Aiyer was chosen for the task. Vanchi was an ex-forest officer who became influenced by revolutionary ideas and joined the Bharatmatha Association, founded by Neelakanta Brahmachari.