Dravidar Kazhagam
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Dravidar Kazhagam is a social movement founded by
History
Founded by
Ideology
Being completely opposed to the Brahminical social, political and ritual dominance of southern India, the primary purpose of the Dravida Kazhagam was to secure the complete independence of a
Conflict years
As the party gained prominence, many in the party wanted to contest in the elections, including
Presidents
| S.No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term of Office | ||
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Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (1879–1973) |
27 August 1944 | 24 December 1973 | (29 years, 119 days) |
| 2 | Annai E. V. R. Maniammai (1917 – 1978) |
25 December 1973 | 16 March 1978 | (4 years, 81 days) | |
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K. Veeramani (1933 – ) |
16 March 1978 | Incumbent | (46 years, 26 days) |
Later years
Periyar's protests were largely symbolic and did not call for the destruction of private property or physically harming anyone. It based its interests on anti-Hindi and anti-Brahmin agitations and never became a full-fledged political party.
Dravidar Kazhagam Flag
The flag of Dravidar Kazhagam can trace its origins back to 1937. During that year, Hindi was made a compulsory subject in South India. In reaction to this, E.V. Ramaswamy organised anti-Hindi protests, in which a plain black flag was flown.[5] From these protests, Periyar gained a large amount of popularity and went onto be elected as the president of the Justice Party a year later. When the Justice Party was rebranded as the Dravida Kazhagam in 1944, the party adopted its official flag. The design features a red circle with a black background with the colour black representing "the deprivations and the indignities that the Dravidians had to face under the strict Hindu religion" while red represented "the tireless efforts taken to eliminate the ignorance and blind faith among the people and to free them from any kind of mental and materialistic exploitation".[6]
Activities
The party often adopted a hard-line approach and was often involved in mass attempts to change the system outright. One such incident involved bringing
Legacy
The organization laid the foundation for further
Dravida Kazhagam strongly rooted for the implementation of
See also
References
- ^ Saraswathi, S. (2004) Towards Self-Respect. Institute of South Indian Studies, pp. 93 & 94
- ^ Visswanathan, Ellappa S. (1973). The political career of E.V. Ramasami Naicker : a study in the politics of Tamilnad, 1920-1949 (M.A.). Australian National University, Canberra. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ "The September which split Dravidians: Periyar weds Maniyammai, DMK is born". The News Minute.
- ^ "A stalwart of the Dravidian movement". The Hindu. 20 April 2020.
- ^ Hardgrave, Robert (1965). The Dravidian Movement. Bombay: Popular Prakashan. p. 31.
- ^ Saraswathi, Srinivasan (1974). Minorities in Madras State. Delhi: Impex India. p. 87.
- ^ Gopalakrishnan, Periyar: Father of the Tamil race, p. 52.
External links
- Dravidar Kazhagam – official homepage