Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Ram Mohan Roy, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Keshub Chunder Sen, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Subramanya Bharathi, Tarabai Shinde, Behramji Malabari, Acharya Bhikshu, Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Raghupathi Venkataratnam Naidu, Panchanan Barma, Rama Devi Choudhury, Hamid Dalwai, Ramabai Ranade. Excerpt: Erode Venkata Ramasamy (Tamil: ) (17 September 1879 - 24 December 1973), affectionately called by his followers as Periyar (Tamil: ), Thanthai Periyar or E. V. R., was a businessman, politician, Indian independence and social activist, who started the Self-Respect Movement or the Dravidian Movement and proposed the creation of an independent state called Dravidasthan comprising South India. He is also the founder of the socio-cultural organisation, Dravidar Kazhagam. Periyar was born in Erode, Madras Presidency to a wealthy family of Kannada speaking Balijas. At a young age, he witnessed numerous incidents of racial, caste and gender discrimination. Periyar married when he was 19, and had a daughter who lived for only 5 months. His first wife, Nagammai, died in 1933. Periyar married for a second time in July 1948. His second wife, Maniammai, continued Periyar's social work after his death in 1973, but still his thoughts and ideas were being spread by Dravidar Kazhagam. Periyar joined the Indian National Congress in 1919, but resigned in 1925 when he felt that the party was only serving the interests of the Brahmins. In 1924, Periyar led a non-violent agitation (satyagraha) in Vaikom, Kerala. From 1929 to 1932 toured Malaysia, Europe, and Russia, which had an influence on him. In 1939, Periyar became the head of the Justice Party, and in 1944, he changed its name to Dravidar Kazhagam. The party later split and one group led by C. N. Annadurai formed the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 1949. While con...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Indian Reformers: RAM Mohan Roy, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Keshub Chunder Sen, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. To get started finding Indian Reformers: RAM Mohan Roy, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Keshub Chunder Sen, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Indian Reformers: RAM Mohan Roy, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Keshub Chunder Sen, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Ram Mohan Roy, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Keshub Chunder Sen, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Subramanya Bharathi, Tarabai Shinde, Behramji Malabari, Acharya Bhikshu, Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Raghupathi Venkataratnam Naidu, Panchanan Barma, Rama Devi Choudhury, Hamid Dalwai, Ramabai Ranade. Excerpt: Erode Venkata Ramasamy (Tamil: ) (17 September 1879 - 24 December 1973), affectionately called by his followers as Periyar (Tamil: ), Thanthai Periyar or E. V. R., was a businessman, politician, Indian independence and social activist, who started the Self-Respect Movement or the Dravidian Movement and proposed the creation of an independent state called Dravidasthan comprising South India. He is also the founder of the socio-cultural organisation, Dravidar Kazhagam. Periyar was born in Erode, Madras Presidency to a wealthy family of Kannada speaking Balijas. At a young age, he witnessed numerous incidents of racial, caste and gender discrimination. Periyar married when he was 19, and had a daughter who lived for only 5 months. His first wife, Nagammai, died in 1933. Periyar married for a second time in July 1948. His second wife, Maniammai, continued Periyar's social work after his death in 1973, but still his thoughts and ideas were being spread by Dravidar Kazhagam. Periyar joined the Indian National Congress in 1919, but resigned in 1925 when he felt that the party was only serving the interests of the Brahmins. In 1924, Periyar led a non-violent agitation (satyagraha) in Vaikom, Kerala. From 1929 to 1932 toured Malaysia, Europe, and Russia, which had an influence on him. In 1939, Periyar became the head of the Justice Party, and in 1944, he changed its name to Dravidar Kazhagam. The party later split and one group led by C. N. Annadurai formed the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 1949. While con...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Indian Reformers: RAM Mohan Roy, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Keshub Chunder Sen, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar. To get started finding Indian Reformers: RAM Mohan Roy, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Keshub Chunder Sen, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.