Question

Who was the periyar?why he was famous?

Answer 1

Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist, and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam.He is known as the 'Father of modern Tamilnadu'.

Answer 2

Explanation:

It was E.V. Ramaswamy Naicker, who was known as Periyar . He was an Indian social reformer who raised his voice against the caste system and its rigidities. He organised the Self Respect Movement in 1925 and carried on a rigorous propaganda against traditional customs and rituals

EXTRA :-

Periyar claimed that Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada came from the same tongue, or same mother language of Old Tamil. He explained that the Tamil language is called by four different names since it is spoken in four different Dravidian states, and thus she has four different names

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