Tamil Nadu Timeline

Inter Caste Marriage

5 events, 1968 to 2016.

  1. 1968

    1. 20 Jan 1968ChennaiSocial Reform

      Self-Respect marriages given legal validity

      The Hindu Marriage (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1967 became law, legalising marriages performed without priests or Vedic rituals.

  2. 1989

    1. 1989ChennaiWelfare

      Moovalur Ramamirtham marriage assistance scheme

      The DMK government started cash assistance for the marriage of daughters of poor families, named after reformer Moovalur Ramamirtham.

  3. 2012

    1. 7 Nov 2012DharmapuriConflict

      Dharmapuri caste violence

      Mobs burned Dalit homes in three villages near Dharmapuri after an inter-caste marriage.

  4. 2015

    1. 23 Jun 2015TiruchengodeLaw Justice

      Murder of Dalit engineering student Gokulraj

      Dalit engineering student V. Gokulraj was abducted from a temple in Tiruchengode and murdered, in a case treated as an honour killing.

  5. 2016

    1. 13 Mar 2016UdumalaipettaiLaw Justice

      Udumalaipettai honour killing of Shankar

      Dalit youth Shankar was hacked to death in a busy street in Udumalaipettai for marrying Kausalya, a woman from a dominant caste.