Tamil Nadu Timeline

Rettamalai Srinivasan

3 events, 1891 to 1930.

  1. 1891

    1. 1891ChennaiSocial Reform

      Rettamalai Srinivasan founds the Paraiyar Mahajana Sabha

      Rettamalai Srinivasan set up the Paraiyar Mahajana Sabha, an early Dalit body, and launched the Tamil paper Paraiyan in 1893.

  2. 1893

    1. Oct 1893ChennaiSocial Reform

      Rettamalai Srinivasan launches the Paraiyan newspaper

      Dalit leader Rettamalai Srinivasan started the Tamil paper Paraiyan in October 1893 to speak for the Paraiyar community.

  3. 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.