• Dr. J. Rajendran,

Revolutionary Nationalism, an ideology of the Terrorists, not only sets forth the principals and values associated with the national movement from the view point of the colonized, but also justifies the use of extreme measures in uploading such concepts. Revolutionary Nationalism in Colonial Madras Presidency was a result of several inspirations, an indigenous as well as foreign such inspirations were more or less uniform throughout India. These revolutionary nationalists in Madras, like their counterparts in other regions of the country through attracted by such inspirations were nevertheless conscious of their relevance to their mother nation. The biographies on “Mazzini”, written in Tamil by Subramania Bharathi, “Garibaldi”, written in Tamil by V.V.S.Iyer inspired to young nationalists of Tamil Nadu and their series of articles on the contributions of Mazzini in Italy and Garibaldi of Turkey published in the India, a newspaper edited by Bharathi at Pondicherry, motivated the young revolutionaries of Madras Presidency.

Keywords: Vande Mataram, Revolutionary Nationalism, Madras Presidency, Bharatha Association - Ideology

"HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES OF REVOLUTIONARY NATIONALISM IN TAMIL NADU: A CASE STUDY OF TIRUNELVELI AND THOOTHUKUDI DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.13, Issue 2, page no.a181-a185, February-2026, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2602023.pdf

"HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES OF REVOLUTIONARY NATIONALISM IN TAMIL NADU: A CASE STUDY OF TIRUNELVELI AND THOOTHUKUDI DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.13, Issue 2, page no. ppa181-a185, February-2026, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2602023.pdf