Manjolai labourers massacre

The Manjolai labourers massacre or the Thamirabarani massacre of 23 July 1999 was the death of 17 Dalit labourers, including two women and a two-year-old child, when they got into the river to escape a Tamil Nadu Police lathi-charge. Members of the public were going in a procession to Tirunelveli Collectorate to submit a memorandum demanding improved working conditions and pay for the tea plantation workers of Manjolai estate.

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