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Non-Brahmin Manifesto published

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The new non-Brahmin federation issued a manifesto criticising Brahmin dominance in public services and politics, drawing sharp criticism from The Hindu.

In December 1916 the South Indian Liberal Federation published 'The Non Brahmin Manifesto'. It affirmed loyalty to British rule but criticised the dominance of Brahmins in the bureaucracy and public life, and urged non-Brahmins to press their claims. The manifesto used official statistics on caste composition in government service. The nationalist newspaper The Hindu condemned it on 20 December 1916. The document set out the founding ideas of the non-Brahmin movement in the Madras Presidency.

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