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| Pandit Iyothee Thass and M. Singaravelu |
Singaravelu was one the founding fathers of the Communist Party of India in Tamil Nadu. Prof. Lakshmi Narasu and M. Singaravelu were the disciples and best associates of Pandit Iyothee Thass. Influenced by Iyothee Thass, Singaravelu became growing open to Buddhism ideas. Anagarika Dharmapala, the Sri Lankan Buddhist missionary founded the Maha Bodhi society for revival of Buddhism in 1891. Iyothee Thass and Olcott of the Theosophical Society, Adyar in Madras, wanted to convene a meeting on Dharmapala's arrival in Madras. The meeting that took place on 8 August 1898 was held at Royapettah house of Singaravelu. Later on 28 September the Madras branch of the Maha Bodhi Society was inaugurated in the presence of a large gathering. At this meeting a resolution was moved by Singaravelu to form, in Madras, the first branch of the Maha Bodhi Society. Much later, in 1923, when Singaravelu issued the manifesto of his newly formed Party 'Labour and Kishan Party of Hindusthan', he signed it as 'M. Singaravelu (Indian communist) President, Madras Maha Bodhi Society'.
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