{"id":84890,"date":"2019-12-27T15:58:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T10:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=12577"},"modified":"2019-12-27T15:58:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T10:28:14","slug":"periyar-why-the-iconoclast-social-reformer-matters-in-tamil-nadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/periyar-why-the-iconoclast-social-reformer-matters-in-tamil-nadu\/","title":{"rendered":"Periyar: Why the iconoclast social reformer matters in Tamil Nadu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Recently,a political party in Tamil Nadu has posted a tweet on 46th death anniversary of Periyar which has triggered a firestorm of protests in the state.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About E V Ramasamy Periyar:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>E V Ramasamy Periyar was born in 1879.He was an Indian social activist and politician.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As a member of Congress Party:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>E.V. Ramasamy joined the Indian National Congress in 1919.He disagreed with Gandhi over the question of separate dining for Brahmin and non-Brahmin students.<\/li><li>He resigned from the party in 1925 and associated himself with the Justice Party and the Self Respect Movement which opposed the dominance of Brahmins in social life, especially the bureaucracy.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vaikom satyagraha(1924-1925):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Vaikom Satyagraha was a satyagraha in Travancore,Kerala against untouchability in Hindu society.<\/li><li>The Satyagraha was aimed at securing a freedom to all sections of society through the public roads leading to the Sri Mahadeva Temple at Vaikom.<\/li><li>K. Kelappan played a dominant role in the Vaikom Satyagraha and was also the leader of the Guruvayur Satyagraha in 1932.<\/li><li>Gandhiji, Chatampi Swamikal and Sree Narayana Guru had also supported the movement.Further, Periyar also came from Tamil Nadu to support the movement.<\/li><li>The other prominent leaders in the movement include T K Madhavan, Velayudha Menon, K Neelakantan Namboothiri, T R Krishnaswami Iyer and George Joseph<\/li><li>The movement managed to open the roads around the temple for their use.The temple entry movement gained momentum after this.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Self respect movement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Self-Respect Movement was dedicated to the goal of giving non-Brahmins a sense of pride based on their Dravidian past.<\/li><li>It\u2019s aim was to achieve a society where backward castes have equal human rights and encouraging backward castes to have self-respect in the context of a caste-based society that considered them to be a lower end of the hierarchy.<\/li><li>It was founded in 1925 by S. Ramanathan who invited Periyar to head the movement in Tamil Nadu.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As a President of Justice Party:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A political party known as the South Indian Libertarian Federation (commonly referred to as Justice Party) was founded in 1916.<\/li><li>It was formed to principally oppose the economic and political power of the Brahmin groups.<\/li><li>The party&#8217;s goal was to render social justice to the non-Brahmin groups.Periyar took over the leadership of the party in 1938.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Recently,a political party in Tamil Nadu has posted a tweet on 46th death anniversary of Periyar which has triggered a firestorm of protests in the state. Facts: About E V Ramasamy Periyar: E V Ramasamy Periyar was born in 1879.He was an Indian social activist and politician. As a member of Congress Party: E.V. 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