Tamil Nadu Timeline

B. R. Ambedkar

4 events, 1930 to 1997.

  1. 1930

    1. Nov 1930 to 1931LondonPolitics

      Rettamalai Srinivasan at the Round Table Conference

      Dalit leader Rettamalai Srinivasan represented the depressed classes alongside B. R. Ambedkar at the Round Table Conferences in London.

  2. 1932

    1. 1932ChennaiPolitics

      M. C. Rajah and the Rajah-Moonje Pact

      Dalit leader M. C. Rajah of Madras agreed with B. S. Moonje to reserved seats within joint electorates for the depressed classes.

  3. 1942

    1. Jul 1942NagpurPolitics

      N. Sivaraj becomes first president of the Scheduled Castes Federation

      At Nagpur, Madras Dalit leader N. Sivaraj was elected first president of the new All-India Scheduled Castes Federation founded with Ambedkar.

  4. 1997

    1. 20 Sep 1997ChennaiEducation

      Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University inaugurated

      Chennai saw the inauguration of a state law university named for B. R. Ambedkar, created by a 1996 Act to place every law college under a single body.