Commemorative Coins on K Kamraj (2003)
Back Face
Front Face
DETAILS OF COINS :

Composition
Denomination
Weight Shape Size dia
Rs.100/- Quaternary         alloy, Silver 50%,Copper 40%, Nickel 5%, Zinc 5%
35 gms 44 mm
Circular
Rs.  5/- 9 gms
23 mm Cupro Nickel Alloy, Copper 75%,         Nickel 25%
Circular
Postage Stamp on Kamaraj
Kamaraj with Pt Nehru
A short introduction of Kamraj
Early Years
K. Kamaraj, was born on 15   July 1903 in a backward tract of Tamilnadu, India. His father died when       he was only six. He was barely fifteen when he heard of the JallianwalaBagh massacre   by British which was the decisive turning point in his life, two years    later when Kamaraj saw Gandhiji  at Madurai, the path was chosen.   He became a member of the Indian National Congress.

Kamaraj was eighteen when he responded to the call of Gandhiji for non-cooperation with the    British.  At twenty Kamaraj was picked up by S. Satyamurthy, one of the greatest  and a leading figure of the Tamilnadu Congress Committee,  who was to be Kamaraj?s political guru.
In April 1930 Kamaraj joined  the Salt Satyagraha Movement at Vedaranyam and    was sentenced to two years, his first term in prison. Jail going had   become a part of his career, and in all he had been to prison six times  and spent more than 3,000 days in British Jails. Bachelor Kamaraj was forty-four when India became free.
As Chief Minister of Madras
Kamaraj was elected to the       Madras Legislative Assembly several times. He was also elected to the       Constituent Assembly of India in 1946, and later to the Parliament in  1952. He became Chief Minister of Madras in 1954. It was       during the nine years of his administration that Tamilnadu  came to be known as one of the best administered States in India.
Kamraj Plan
In 1963 Kamaraj suggested to  Prime Minister JawaharLal  Nehru that senior, Congress leaders should leave ministerial posts to       take up organisational work. This suggestion  came to be known as the Kamaraj Plan, which was       designed primarily to dispel from the minds of Congressmen the lure for  power.� The plan was approved by       the Congress Working Committee and was implemented within two months. Six   Chief Ministers and six Union Ministers resigned under the Plan.
Kamaraj was elected   President, Indian National Congress, on 9   October 1963. Twice he played a leading role in choosing the Prime   Minister of India.
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