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Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), revered by his followers as Periyar or Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam. He is known as the 'Father of the Dravidian movement'.
பெரியார் என்று பரவலாக அறியப்படும் ஈ. வெ. இராமசாமி (இயற்பெயர்: ஈரோடு வெங்கடப்பா இராமசாமி [1] , ஆங்கில மொழி: E.V. Ramasamy, செப்டம்பர் 17, 1879 – திசம்பர் 24, 1973) சமூக சீர்திருத்தத்திற்காகவும், சாதியை அகற்றுவதற்காகவும், மூடநம்பிக்கைகளை மக்களிடமிருந்து களைவதற்காகவும், பெண் விடுதலைக்காகவும் போராடியவர்.
The Thanthai Periyar Government Institute of Technology is an Government institution in Bagayam, Vellore was established in July 1990 and is one of the ten Government Engineering colleges fully governed by the Directorate of Technical Education of the Government of Tamil Nadu.
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), also known as Ramaswami, EVR, Thanthai Periyar, or Periyar, was a Dravidian social reformer and politician from India, who founded the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam.
Sep 17, 2022 · Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, revered as Periyar or Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam. He is known as the ‘Father of the Dravidian movement’. He rebelled against Brahminical dominance and gender and caste inequality in Tamil Nadu.
Feb 21, 2024 · In recent events surrounding the notification of the Thanthai Periyar Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu, forest-dwellers expressed concerns about the potential denial of their rights under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006 (FRA).
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), also known as Ramaswami, EVR, Thanthai Periyar was a Dravidian social reformer and politician from India, who founded the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam.
Nov 14, 2022 · Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), commonly known as Periyar or Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam.
Mar 7, 2018 · Over the years, Periyar has transcended the political divide as well as the faultlines of religion and caste, and come to be revered as Thanthai Periyar, the father figure of modern Tamil Nadu. C N Annadurai, who was Periyar’s dearest pupil at one time, broke with him, split the DK, and formed the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 1949.
Thanthai Periyar fought for women‟s development and asserted their rights, and was both ahead of his time and controversial. Throughout his seven decades of public service, he advocated for women's rights with a well-organized group of friends and followers.
