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| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 06.15.07 (3:39 am) [edit] |
| P. Thiyagarayar, Dr Natesanar and few others formed the South Indian Liberal Federation in 1916 which grew into the Justice Party. The Justice Party came to power in the first General Elections to Madras Presidency in 1920. It introduced Reservation in India for the first time in 1921. Justice Party stood for social justice and equality for all sections of society. It introduced the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Act which took control of Hindu temples from end to the age-old monopoly and exploitation of the Upper Caste hereditary priests, open temples to all castes and abolish the Devadasi system. The social reforms of the Justice Party were opposed by the Congress, and Periyar, though a leader in the Indian National Congress supported the Justice Party. He later quit the Congress party. In the 1937 elections, the Justice Party lost and the Indian National Congress under Rajaji formed the government under the leadership of Rajaji. Rajaji introduced Hindi as a compulsory subject leading to the anti-Hindi agitations being led by Sir A. D. Panneerselvam and Periyar and a few people were killed in the anti-Hindi agitations. Periyar was jailed for two years and in jail he was elected President of the Justice Party in 1938. Formation of DMK Annadurai on September 17, 1949 in a rainy day along with V. R. Nedunchezhiyan,K.A.Mathialagan,K. Anbazhagan,E.V.K. Sampath and thousands of others in Robinson park in Royapuram in Chennai announced the formation of the DMK. M.Karunanidhi joined the DMK a few months later. The DMK carried on the principles and aims of the Justice Party and Dravidar Kazhagam.The movement was initially mooted as one that championed the cause of socially and economically disadvantaged sections of the society. The movement was sympathetic to the claim that there were two separate races in India, the Aryans and Dravidians, and the movement claimed to represent the latter.DMK has stands for upliftment of the socally backward classes in HinduSociety like the earlier Justice Party it has been firmly in favour of reservation for the backward classes and has increased reservation up to 69% the highest in the country. DMK along with Periyar forced the withdrawal of the Kula Kalvi Thittam of Rajaji where schools will work in the morning and students had to compulsorily learn the family vocation in the afternoon. Shivaji Ganesan was a member of the DMK he was seen as an icon of the DMK and spread its message through films like Parasakthi. He joined the Congress Party in 1955 whereas MGR was a member of the Congress Party till 1953 and he used to wear kathar and wear vibhuti on his forehead. In 1953 MGR joined the DMK popularised the party flag and symbol by showing it in his movies.Annadurai wanted a separate Dravida Nadu which he gave after 1962 China War. The Anti-Hindi agitations of 1965, forced the central government to abandon its efforts to impose Hindi as the only official language of the country. The brutal killing of over 500 unarmed protesters and students by the Security forces led to anger against the Congress and they were defeated in 1967 never to win an Tamil Nadu assembly election again. DMK came to power in 1967. |