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Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), revered by his followers as Periyar [a] or Thanthai [b] Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam.
Jul 22, 2024 · 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.
E.V. Ramasamy, popularly addressed as Periyar or ‘the Great One’, laid the ideological foundations of modern Tamil politics and social life. More than a century after he championed equal rights for low-caste communities and women, we take stock of his popular, but complex, legacy.
The most illustrious social revolutionary of the millennium, his tireless, fearless and unparalleled efforts to end caste system and to transform society, with no trace of birth-based discrimination, on enlightened egalitarian basis was unique in the annals of history.
The most illustrious social revolutionary of the millennium, his tireless, fearless and unparalleled efforts to end caste system and to transform society, with no trace of birth-based discrimination, on enlightened egalitarian basis was unique in the annals of history.
ஈ. வெ. இராமசாமி - தமிழ் விக்கிப்பீடியா. 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.
Feb 23, 2020 · Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973) is one of those legends who supported good for his people and fought for it. He was also known as “Thanthai Periyar” or “Periyar” means “respected one” or “elder”.
Sep 17, 2024 · Born in 1879, Periyar is remembered for the Self Respect Movement to redeem the identity and self-respect of Tamils. He envisaged a Dravida homeland of Dravida Nadu, and launched a political party, Dravidar Kazhagam (DK). Periyar started his political career as a Congress worker in his hometown Erode. Advertisement.
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy [1] (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.
Periyar, known as the father of the Dravidian movement, was not originally a member of the Justice Party that was established on 20 November 1916. The founding members of the Justice...
