Periyar
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 51 years ago |
Date of birth | September 17,1879 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Erode |
India | |
Died | Vellore |
India | |
Party | Justice Party |
Buried | Periyar Memorial, Chennai, India |
Spouse | Annai E. V. R. Maniammai |
Nagammai | |
Parents | Venkatappa Naiudu |
Chinna Thayammal | |
Venkata Naicker | |
Books | Thoughts of Periyar |
Date of died | December 24,1973 |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 3210891 |
Periyar Life story
Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, revered as Periyar or Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam. He is known as the 'Father of the Dravidian movement'. He rebelled against Brahminical dominance and gender and caste inequality in Tamil Nadu.