<h1>Public monuments: government to install a Karl Marx statue and establish a memorial for Mookiah Thevar, affecting commemorative policy.</h1> The State announced two executive commemorative actions: installing a public statue of Karl Marx in Chennai, justified by the city's trade union history and Marx's ideological influence, and establishing a memorial for P. K. Mookiah Thevar in Usilampatti as recognition of his political role and community advocacy. Both are government-led acts of public memory and cultural policy announced in the legislative chamber.