Woothampatti Punnaivana Ayya Soundarapandian was a leading figure in Nadar Mahajana Sangam who became the first Nadar member of the Madras Legislative Council upon a recommendation by P. T. Rajan in 1
Statue of W. P. A. Soundrapandian at the entrance to Theagaraya Road, Chennai
Painting of Ayya Nadar (father of Soundarapandian Nadar) by Gnanaratnam Pillai in 1919. Family collection.
WPA Soundarapandianad Nadar
The anti-Hindi imposition agitation of 1937–1940 refers to a series of protests that happened in Madras Province of British India during 1937–1940. It was launched in 1937 in opposition to the introdu
Front page of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy's periodical Kudiyarasu (3 September 1939). The headline reads "Veezhga Indhi" (Down with Hindi)
(From right to left) : B. R. Ambedkar, Periyar and Jinnah at Jinnah's residence in Bombay (8 January 1940)
Frontpage of Kudiyarasu dated 20 November 1938. The story is about the Tamil Nadu Women's Conference