Tamil Nadu, April 17 -- Tamil Nadu CM and DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) leader, MK Stalin, paid a floral tribute to freedom fighter Dheeran Chinnamali on his birth anniversary on Thursday.

Remembering Chinnamali, Stalin took to X, and wrote, "Today is the birthday of the incomparable warrior Dheeran Chinnamalai, who built the fort and fought in Odanilai!

If the feeling of resistance to foreign domination is still strong in our Tamil land today, it was Chinnamalai who sparked it with his fight against the British that day!

Long live his valour and glory!"

Dheeran Chinnamalai was born as Theerthagiri Sarkarai Manradiar on April 17, 1756. He was a Palayakkarar and chieftain who ruled the Kongu Nadu region in present-day Tamil Nadu.

He...