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Madras Dravidian Association formed

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Madras Dravidian Association formed
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The Madras United League, founded by C. Natesa Mudaliar in 1912, was renamed the Madras Dravidian Association, an early non-Brahmin political body.

C. Natesa Mudaliar founded the Madras United League in 1912 to promote the interests of non-Brahmins. In November 1912 it was renamed the Madras Dravidian Association, with Panaganti Ramarayaningar (later the Raja of Panagal) as president. In 1914 Natesa Mudaliar set up the Dravidian Home, a hostel for non-Brahmin students in Madras. The association was one of the groups that came together to form the South Indian Liberal Federation in 1916.

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