{"id":52316,"date":"2019-09-18T18:05:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T12:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?page_id=52316"},"modified":"2019-09-18T18:05:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T12:35:40","slug":"answered-discuss-the-significance-of-the-vaikom-satyagraha-and-the-self-respect-movement-in-the-modern-indian-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answered-discuss-the-significance-of-the-vaikom-satyagraha-and-the-self-respect-movement-in-the-modern-indian-history\/","title":{"rendered":"[Answered] Discuss the significance of the Vaikom satyagraha and the self respect movement in the modern indian history."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Demand of the question<\/strong>
Introduction. <\/strong>Contextual Introduction.
Body. <\/strong>Significance of Vaikom Satyagraha and self respect movement.
Conclusion. <\/strong>Way forward. <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

The contribution of Ramaswamy Periyar in introducing social reforms in has been enormous and his legacy is still alive today in India. Vaikom Satyagraha and Self-respect movement was significant and played an important role in removing barriers in Indian Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vaikom satyagraha:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. It was a mass movement that demanded\nlower caste persons to be given the right to use a public path in front of the\nfamous Vaikom temple.<\/li>
  2. It managed to open the roads around\nthe temple for their use. The temple entry movement gained momentum after this.<\/li>
  3. It was the first mass agitation for\nthe cause of human rights in the country.<\/li>
  4. The Vaikom Satyagraha was a testing\nground for the Gandhian principles of Satyagraha. It was tested and proved as\nthe most effective means for the first time.<\/li>
  5. It was a great opportunity for the\nIndian National Congress party to grow in Kerala.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Self respect movement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. The Self-Respect Movement was\ndedicated to the goal of giving non-Brahmins a sense of pride based on their\nDravidian past which also meant denial of the superiority of the Brahmins whom\nhe described as representative of the Aryans.<\/li>
    2. Its aim was to achieve a society\nwhere backward castes have equal human rights, and encouraging backward castes\nto have self-respect in the context of a caste-based society that considered\nthem to be a lower end of the hierarchy. <\/li>
    3. Unlike the Justice Party, the\nSelf-Respect Movement was popular in its appeal. Though it began as a social\nreform movement its effects were felt in the political field also.<\/li>
    4. Anti-Brahmanism and Self-respect\nMarriages were two important aspects of Self-respect Movement.<\/li>
    5. The movement encouraged inter-caste\nand inter-religious marriages, along with that it also encouraged marriage\nceremonies without Brahmin priest.<\/li>
    6. Post independence, Tamilnadu passed\na law and become the first state to legalise Hindu marriage without Brahmin\npriest.<\/li>
    7. The monopoly of power and influence\nenjoyed by the Brahmins was slowly lost due to E.V.R.\u2019s unceasing propaganda\nagainst orthodoxy. It filled with the sense of self-respect and above all self-confidence,\nto fight against social injustice perpetrated by the Brahmins of the day.<\/li>
    8. The practice of having separate\ndining places for Brahmins in every hotel or earmarking separate eating places\nin public feasts was slowly given up owing to the agitation of the volunteers\nof the movement.<\/li>
    9. It was largely responsible for\nmaking an effective change in the social life of the vast majority of people\nthrough its ceaseless propaganda against superstitious beliefs, based upon\nreligious traditions.<\/li>
    10. It was instrumental in non-Brahmin\ncommunities of Tamil Nadu to create awareness amongst themselves, as one\ncommunity. The Self-Respect movement brought the message of the Tamil\nNationalism to the masses.<\/li>
    11. Gender relationships were actively\ndivorced from Brahminical patriarchy and women\u2019s rights over their physical,\nsexual and reproductive choices were celebrated.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Self-Respect Movement was not a mere social reformist movement. It aimed at destroying <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      the existing Hindu social order in its totality and creating a new, rational society without caste, religion and God. The movement was extremely influential not just in Tamil Nadu, but also overseas in countries with large Tamil populations, such as Malaysia and Singapore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Demand of the question Introduction. Contextual Introduction. Body. Significance of Vaikom Satyagraha and self respect movement. Conclusion. Way forward. The contribution of Ramaswamy Periyar in introducing social reforms in has been enormous and his legacy is still alive today in India. Vaikom Satyagraha and Self-respect movement was significant and played an important role in removing… Continue reading [Answered] Discuss the significance of the Vaikom satyagraha and the self respect movement in the modern indian history.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":49132,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52316","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}