Tamil activism
Encyclopedia
Articles on Tamil activism:
- Tamil ethnic nationalist activism:
- anti-Brahminism
- Self-respect movementSelf-Respect MovementThe Self-Respect Movement was founded in 1925 by Periyar E. V. Ramasamy in Tamil Nadu, India. The movement has the aim of achieving a society where backward castes have equal human rights, and encouraging backward castes to have self-respect in the context of a caste based society that...
- Dravidar KazhagamDravidar KazhagamDravidar Kazhagam or Dravida Kazhagam was the first fully Dravidian party in India. It was a radical party formed by E. V. Ramaswamy, also called Thanthai Periyar of erstwhile Madras Presidency...
- Tamil linguistic activism
- Tanittamil IyakkamTanittamil IyakkamThe Thanittamil Iyakkam is a movement of linguistic purism in Tamil literature attempting to emulate the "unadulterated Tamil language" of the Sangam period, avoiding Sanskrit, Persian and English loanwords. It was notably initiated by the writings of Maraimalai Adigal and Paventhar ...
- Anti-Hindi agitationsAnti-Hindi agitationsThe Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu are a series of agitations that happened in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu during both pre- and post-Independence periods...
- Tanittamil Iyakkam