Which among the following was not part of the agitation of the DMK in 1953-54?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Separation of Telugu speaking areas from Tamil speaking areas in parts of eastern Tamil Nadu.
Option (1) Restoration of the original name of Kallakudi railway station. Part of the agitation (Incorrect). This was its first demand; the station had been renamed Dalmiapuram, after an industrial house from the North.
Option (2) Giving Tamil cultural history greater importance in school curricula. Part of the agitation (Incorrect). This was the second agitation.
Option (3) Separation of Telugu speaking areas from Tamil speaking areas in parts of eastern Tamil Nadu. Not part of it (Correct). The DMK’s three-pronged agitation of 1953-54 was about the Kallakudi name, Tamil cultural history and the craft education scheme; no demand to separate Telugu speaking areas was part of it.
Option (4) Against craft education scheme of the state government. Part of the agitation (Incorrect). This was the third agitation; the DMK alleged that the scheme was linked to the Brahmanical social outlook.
NCERT: Politics in India since Independence — Chapter 7: Regional Aspirations (2025-26)
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