short note on reformers of South India
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South India now consists of 5 States
Telangana, Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala
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Thiruvalluvar (30 BC)
Tiruvallaur was a Tamil weaver by profession and Poet-Saint-Philosopher by heart.
He wrote “Tirukkural (Sacred Couplets)” on human thoughts and ethics. It is considered a masterpiece similar to John Milton’s Paradise Lost.
C. Iyodhee Thass Pandithar (1845-1914)
C.Iyodhee Pandithar was a dalit Social reformer of Tamilnadu.
He ran a weekly – “Tamilan”, and supported Theosophical society’s founder Colonel H.S. Olcott.
Pandithar reinterpreted Indian history and believed that Dalits were originally Buddhists, but Brahmins stigmatised them as ‘untouchables’ by after those Buddhists denounced caste system.
He called them “Adi Dravidars”- original Dravidans and began “Dravid Buddha Sangam”.
T.Chennaiah (1912-1985)
Why in news: 16th November 2012 was his 100th Birthday. But government took no initiative to celebrate. So His followers decided to observe the birth centenary in 2014.
T.Chennaiah was a Dalit freedom fighter from Kolar region, Karnataka
He was member of Constituent assembly, Worked closely with Gandhi and Ambedkar.
He was part of the Vidurashwattha protest- infamously called “Jalianwallabagh of the South” because 9 people were killed in police firing.
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