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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 ...
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.
Muslims objected to passage of Hindu procession which resulted in riots Hindus Muslims 22 100 N/A 1928–1929 riots April 1928–March 1929 22 significant riots in this period. Most serious were the Bombay riots. Other riots in Punjab, Kharagpur, and other places. Many riots occurred during Bakr-i-Id, other causes Hindus Muslims 204+ (149 in ...
CRC won 14 seats and AIFB won three. Half of the seats won were from the Ramnad and Madurai districts. Following the election, a joint 'CRC opposition' group was formed in the legislative assembly, to counter the bid of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (which had 16 seats) to hold the post of Leader of the Opposition. Soon five independent ...
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 ...
A car, a cash price of Rs 800,000 (£7500), and other prizes are up for grabs for the best bull tamer and the owner of the best bull will be awarded a tractor worth Rs 1,100,000 (£10,000 ...
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 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.