Social ReformRise of Dravidian rule
Death of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy
· Vellore
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, founder of the Self-Respect Movement and leader of the Dravidar Kazhagam, died in Vellore aged 94.
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy died at Vellore on 24 December 1973 at the age of 94. He had led the Self-Respect Movement from the 1920s and headed the Dravidar Kazhagam from 1944, campaigning against caste, religious orthodoxy and gender inequality. Though he never sought office, the DMK and AIADMK both traced their ideological roots to him. He was succeeded as head of the Dravidar Kazhagam by Maniammai.
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