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Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu Date 11 August 1937 – present (87 years, 6 months) Location Present-day Tamil Nadu, India Caused by Various attempts by the Government of India (1947–present) and the Government of Madras (during 1937–65) to promote Hindi language in the State Goals To prevent the imposition of Hindi in the State Methods Non-violent - Conferences, fasts, legislations ...
Whenever the government introduced Hindi as a compulsory language in schools, anti-Hindi protests happened led by Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) (erstwhile Justice Party) and E V Ramasami (EVR). [5] EVR, who was opposing Congress on Hindi grounds so far, softened his stand and started to support Kamaraj through his regime from 1954 to 1963 as one of ...
Tamil Nadu, Madurai district: In the village of Melavalavu, in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district, following the election of a Dalit to the village council presidency, members of caste Hindus group murdered of six Dalits in June 1996. [20] Melur panchayat, which was a general constituency, was declared a reserved constituency in 1996.
Riot police were called in to contain the riots; the police initially used tear gas to quell the rioters, before resorting to live ammunition. In the battle which ensued between the inmates and the riot police, 10 people, including a prison official, were killed, while more than 100 people were injured. [7]
Riots in Kerala (2 P) U. Riots and civil disorder in Uttar Pradesh (1 C, 11 P) This page was last edited on 11 January 2025, at 23:40 (UTC). Text is available ...
By Shivam Patel. NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Suhel Mansuri, who carries scars from Hindu-Muslim riots that killed dozens in his district of India's capital in 2020, says his vote on Saturday in national ...
The anti-Hindi imposition agitation of 1937–1940 refers to a series of protests that happened in Madras Province of British India during 1937–1940. It was launched in 1937 in opposition to the introduction of compulsory teaching of Hindi in the schools of the province by the Indian National Congress government led by C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji).
The 1997 Melavalavu massacre refers to the murder of a Panchayat President of the village and six other men of the Dalit community by dominant caste members in Melavalavu, Madurai on 30 June 1997. The men were hacked to death after some dominant caste members refused to accept a Panchayat president from the Dalit Community.