Q. “No religion, no caste, no God for mankind” was coined by?

[A] E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker

[B] Sri Narayana Guru

[C] Sahadaran Ayyapan

[D] Swami Vivekananda

Answer: C
Notes:

During the 1920s in South India, the non-brahmins organised the Self-Respect Movement led by E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker.  

  • There were numerous other movements demanding that the ban on the entry of lower castes into temples be lifted.  
  • Sri Narayana Guru in Kerala led a lifelong struggle against upper caste domination.  
  • He coined the slogan “one religion, one caste, one God for mankind”, which his disciple Sahadaran Ayyapan changed into “no religion, no caste, no God for mankind”. 

Source: Spectrum Modern India. 

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