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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. Early life.
Sep 16, 2021 · Nagammai was the wife of E. V. Ramasamy, a social reformer and leader of the Dravidian movement in Tamil Nadu. She participated in various campaigns such as temperance, Vaikom satyagraha and self-respect movement, and faced imprisonment and violence for her activism.
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. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close.
Annai Nagammaiyar staged many protests against religious and caste discriminations. She voiced for women liberation, empowerment, widows remarriage, casteless and rational marriages and also emphasised against the odds of superstitious beliefs.
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. Early life
Annai Meenambal, the president of the Scheduled Castes Federation of India and an active feminist figure in the Self Respect Movement was the one who gave E.V.R Ramaswamy the name ‘Periyar,’ (meaning ‘great one’), a title that has remained ever since.
Nagammai was raised with a conservative outlook towards life and religion and married E.V. Ramasamy Naicker, She played a part in the Vaikom Satyagraha and the temperance movement aimed at curbing alcohol consumption in colonial India.
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...
Aug 18, 2022 · 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.
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.
