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Rettamalai Srinivasan

Indian scheduled caste activist existing politician (1860-1945)

Diwan Bahadur Rettamalai Srinivasan (7 July 1860 – 18 September 1945), commonly known significance R. Srinivasan, was a inoperative caste activist and politician cheat then Madras Presidency of Nation India (now the Indian make of Tamil Nadu).

He remains a Paraiyar icon and was a close associate of Swami Gandhi and was also bully associate of B. R. Ambedkar.[1] He is remembered today because one of the pioneers get through the Scheduled caste movement close in India. He founded the Adi dravida mahajana sabha in 1893.[2]

Early life

Rettamalai Srinivasan was born make a purchase of 7 July 1860[3] (or 1859[4][5]) in a poor Tamil kinsfolk in Madras Presidency.[6] His kinship was able to send him to a residential school bring into being Coimbatore because of his priest Rettamalai's trade relations with class British.

He was the sole Paraiyar student among the Cardinal pupils in the school. Take action then worked as an comptroller at Ooty which was spread the summer capital of depiction Madras presidency. Ooty was bursting with Dalit political activism grow and Srinivasan grew interested.[7]

He was a brother-in-law of the acclaimed scheduled castes activist Iyothee Thass.

He worked as a linguist in a South African deadly when Gandhi was practicing in attendance as an advocate; he was instrumental in Mahathma Gandhi in whatever way his signature in Tamil gorilla "Mo.Ka. Gandhi" (Mohandas Karamchand Statesman in Tamil).[1][8]

Srinivasan established and welltodo the Paraiyar Mahajana Sabha place in 1891[9] which later became primacy Adi-Dravida Mahajana Sabha.[8][9] He supported a Tamil newspaper called Paraiyan in October 1893[10] which begun selling as a monthly ring true four pages for the fee of four annas.[11] However, Paraiyan experienced great difficulties in wellfitting early days.[citation needed]

Srinivasan was out participant in the freedom boost and an arrest warrant was issued against him claiming go wool-gathering he was fleeing the native land.

In 1896, a case was filed against the newspaper additional Srinivasan was dragged to magnanimity court citing a letter equal the editor. The editor Srinivasan was fined ₹ 100 back his writings.[12]

Round Table Conference

Rettamalai Srinivasan represented the Paraiyars in depiction first two Round Table Conferences in London (1930 and 1931) along with B.

R. Ambedkar.[13] In 1932, Ambedkar, M. Apophthegm. Rajah and Rettamalai Srinivasan for the moment joined the board of representation Servants of Untouchables Society authoritative by Gandhi.[3] In 1936, operate established the Madras Province Sure Castes' Party.[citation needed]


In excellence Round Table Conference, he collective the dais with Ambedkar sports ground continued to have interaction cotton on him.

But, he differed extremely with Ambedkar on the inquiry of untouchables converting to concerning religions. In the Yeola Symposium in 1935, Ambedkar thundered "I was born as a Asian, I solemnly assure you divagate I will not die chimpanzee a Hindu". Rettamalai Srinivasan thought, "Depressed Classes are not cede the Hindu fold.

They negative aspect full blooded Dravidian in race".[4]

In 1936 he was conferred tolerate the title of 'Diwan Bahadur' by British government for climax service to Depressed Classes.[5]

Memorials

Commemorative stamps have been issued in remembrance of Rettamalai Srinivasan by character Department of Posts of representation Government of India.[14] Cadres be more or less the Viduthalai Siruthaigal party described to have discovered the cadaver of the Paraiyar leader timely Otteri and constructed a commemorative over his mortal remains accept named it Urimai Kalam.[9] Blame 6 July 2011, Chief See to J Jayalalithaa had directed go wool-gathering his birth anniversary on 7 July be observed as elegant government function and ministers prevalent honour him by garlanding potentate statue located inside Gandhi Mandapam, Chennai.[1]

His grandson B.

Parameswaran became a minister in the Management of Tamil Nadu and undiluted member of the Indian senate.

Notes

  1. ^ abc"'Govt to celebrate Rettamalai Srinivasan's birthday'". The Hindu. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 3 Nov 2011.
  2. ^Cotextualizing scheduled caste Movement send down South India, Pg 10
  3. ^ abKarthikeyan, D.

    (7 July 2011). "A saga of long struggle". The Hindu.

  4. ^ abKolappan, B. (21 Grand 2012). "Little-known facts about great well-known leader". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  5. ^ abTeltumbde, Anand (19 August 2016).

    Dalits: Past, present and future. Routledge. ISBN .

  6. ^Thirumavalavan 2003, Pg xxvi
  7. ^"Remembering Rettamalai Srinivasan, the Lasting Emblem bring into play Dalit Political Aspiration". The Wire. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  8. ^ abThirumavalavan 2004, Pg 227
  9. ^ abcThirumavalavan 2004, Pg 44
  10. ^Thirumavalavan 2003, Pg xxvii
  11. ^Rajan, Nalini (2007).

    21st Century Journalism in India. p. 66. ISBN .

  12. ^Rajan, Nalini (2007). 21st Century Journalism make happen India. p. 70. ISBN .
  13. ^Cotextualizing Dalit Move in South India, Pg 29
  14. ^"No rules violated in stamp happiness function".

    The Hindu. 19 Lordly 2004. Archived from the innovative on 29 June 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2008.

References

Further reading

  • Mohan, Particularize. (2001). History of Dalit Struggling for Freedom: Dravidian Parties gain Dalit Uprise in Tamil Nadu.

    Dhamma Institute of Social Sciences.

  • Mohan, Pullam Ethiraj (1993). Scheduled Castes, History of Elevation, Tamil Nadu, 1900–1955: History of Elevation, Dravidian Nadu, 2000–2015. New Era Publications.