Dravida Nadu
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The Dravida Nadu movement was a separatist movement seeking to create a homeland for the Dravidians by establishing a sovereign state in the predominantly Dravidian-speaking southern regions of Britis
Southern portion of the Madras Presidency in 1909
E.V.Ramasamy with Jinnah and Ambedkar. Mumbai, 6 January 1940
Dravida Nadu – Tamil magazine founded in 1942 by C. N. Annadurai
Front page of the Dravida Nadu magazine dated 29 September 1946. It depicts Ramasamy E. V. Ramasamy and his speech in the court during the Anti-Hindi Agitations of 1937–40
Periyar
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Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, commonly known as Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician. He was the organiser of the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam and is considered the archit
Dravida Nadu
…regions of British India consisting of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Southern Karnataka (Mysore) and Kerala. It was started by the Justice Party under Periyar and later the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led by C. N. Annadurai. Initially, the demand of Dravida Nadu proponents was limited to Tamil-speaking…
C. N. Annadurai and E. V. Ramasami
Periyar, c. 1910s
A statue of Periyar at Vaikom town in Kottayam, Kerala
Periyar during the early years of Self-Respect Movement