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Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy Nagammai (1885 – 11 May 1933) was an Indian social activist and women's rights activist. She was known for her participation in the Temperance movement in India and the Vaikom Satyagraha. She was the first wife of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy who headed the Self-Respect Movement.
Sep 16, 2021 · Nagammai was born in 1885 to Rangasamy and Ponnuthai in Thathampatti, Salem in the erstwhile Madras Presidency. Like most women of the time, Nagammi did not receive formal education. She married E. V Ramasamy, who was her cousin, at the age of 13; the latter was 19 years old.
Erode Venkatappa Ramasami Maniammai (10 March 1917 – 16 March 1978), was an Indian social activist and politician. She was the second wife (at the age of 32) of E. V. Ramasami (at the age of 70). She succeeded him as the president of the Dravidar Kazhagam upon his death in 1973. Biography.
On 9 July, 1949, a 70-year-old Periyar, E V Ramasamy, married the 32-year-old Maniammai. This marriage caused outrage and was said to have caused a split in the organisation and paved way for leaders like Annadurai and Karunanidhi to form their own party and fulfil their political ambitions, something that Periyar lacked.
Mar 8, 2017 · She was Periyar’s second wife, a controversial marriage in 1948 that is believed to have caused a split in the Dravidar Kazhagam, the organisation born out of Periyar’s...
Mar 5, 2018 · Let the country know E.V.R.Maniammai, a brave woman who faced the Emergency, conducted agitations for caste abolition, created a trust for educational institutions and above all, headed the...
Apr 8, 2020 · The killing instinct for the cause of the organisation vociferously devoid of violence made E.V.R. Maniammai, an unparalleled leader in the annals of social revolution. Many a leader of remarkable talent had to appreciate openly the leadership of E.V.R. Maniammai.
