Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Regional Aspirations

Question:

E.V. Ramasami Naicker started which of the following movement?

Options:

Self-respect movement

Desh Bachao movement

Save water movement

Regional movement

Correct Answer:

Self-respect movement

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 1 - Self-respect movement

E.V. Ramasami Naicker started the Self-respect movement.

E.V. Ramasami Naicker (1879-1973): Known as Periyar (the respected); strong supporter of atheism; famous for his anticaste struggle and rediscovery of Dravidian identity; initially a worker of the Congress party; started the self-respect movement (1925); led the anti-Brahmin movement; worked for the Justice party and later founded Dravidar Kazhagam; opposed to Hindi and domination of north India; propounded the thesis that north Indians and Brahmins are Aryans.