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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: V. T. Sambanthan, Malaysia Vasudevan, Bernard Chandran, P. Uthayakumar, S. Subramaniam, Kamahl, M. G. Pandithan, Palanivel, Devaki Krishnan, M. Kulasegaran, Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy, Ananda Krishnan, M. Manoharan, B. C. Shekhar, M. G. G. Pillai, Subramaniam Sathasivam, Uma Sambanthan, M. Kayveas, Ramesh Menon, K. L. Devaser, Ash Nair, Sivarasa Rasiah, K. Thanabalasingam, Uthaya Sankar SB, Samy Vellu, V. Manickavasagam, B. Sathianathan, K. Pathmanaban, K. Rajagopal, K. S. Nallakarupan, K. Thamboosamy, Harikrish Menon, K. R. Somasundram, M. Manogaran, G. Gnanalingam, R. Arumugam, Janaky Athi Nahappan, K. Parthiban, S. Vijayaratnam, K. S. Maniam, Rasammah Bhupalan, S. Kunanlan, Thirumurugan s/o Veeran, Gengadharan Nair, V. Nagaraj, Kumutha Rahman, Abu Syahid Shah, S. A. Ganapathy, S. Sothinathan, R. Thampipillay, D. R. Seenivasagam, Rani Moorthy, Megat Iskandar Shah of Malacca, G. Rama Iyer, V. Murugan, Indi Nadarajah, Raja Mudaliar, Sam Agi. Excerpt: Tun Thirunyanasambanthan Thevar s/o Veerasamy Thevar, better known as Tun V.T. Sambanthan Thevar, was the fifth President of Malaysian Indian Congress and one of the Founding Fathers of Malaysia along with Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tan Cheng Lock. He was the MIC President from 1955 to 1973, when he was ousted by party members. Sambanthan Thevar was one of the leading Indian leaders who played a prominent role in the independence movement in Malaya. As president of the Malayan Indian Congress (MIC) during this important period of transition, he worked closely with Alliance Party leader Tunku Abdul Rahman and they developed a close personal bond. He is credited with three important developments in Malaysian political history: the consolidation of the Malayan (now Malaysian) Indian Congress, its transformation into a mass-based party, and its integral role as a partner in the c...