E.V. Ramasami Naicker started which of the following movement? |
Self-respect movement Desh Bachao movement Save water movement Regional movement |
Self-respect movement |
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. |