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प्रश्न
Estimate Periyar as a feminist.
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उत्तर
- Periyar was critical of patriarchy. He condemned child marriage and the devadasi system (institution of temple girls).
- Right from 1929, when the Self-Respect Conferences began to voice its concern over the plight of women, Periyar had been emphasizing women’s right to divorce and property.
- Periyar objected to terms like “giving in marriage”. This, he said treats women as a thing.
- He wants it substituted by “Valkaithunai” (companion) a word for marriage taken from the Thirukkural. Periyar’s most important work on this subject is why the woman is enslaved?
- Periyar believed that property rights for women would provide them social status and protection. He welcomed equal rights for males and females in property, guardianship, and adoption.
- He was a strong champion of birth control and contraception and said that motherhood was a burden to women.
- In 1989 Government of Tamil Nadu fulfilled the dream of radical reformers by the introduction of the Hindu Succession Tamil Nadu Amendment Act of 1989, which ensured the equal rights to ancestral. property for women in inheritance.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
To further the cause of national education a gurukulam was started at ______.
- Margret Cousin was one of the founders of Women’s India Association.
- Periyar spent his entire life campaigning against superstitions through Thinkers or Rationalists Forums he had formed.
- Singaravelar was a staunch supporter of the Flindu Mahasabha.
- Periyar emphasised that the caste system in South India is linked with the arrival of Brahmins from the North.
What do you know of the Cheranmadevi Gurukulam incident?
Estimate Periyar E.V.R’s decisive contribution to the social transformation of Tamil Nadu.
Answer all the questions given under the caption.
Periyar E.V.R.
- When did Periyar found Dravidar Kazhagam?
- What were the Newspapers and Journals run by Periyar?
- Why was Periyar known as Vaikom hero?
- Which was the most important work of Periyar?
Match the following.
| 1. | Self-Respect Movement | (a) | Anna Durai |
| 2. | Dravidian | (b) | Periyar |
| 3. | Dravida Munnetra kazhagam | (c) | Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy |
| 4. | The First Woman Doctor | (d) | Newspaper |
Vaikom is a place in ______.
______ proposed a resolution regarding the rights of “Untouchables” to temple entry.
Assertion (A):- Rettaimalai Srinivasan who had experienced the horrors of untouchability worked for the progress of the deprived castes.
Reason (R):- He served as president of the scheduled castes federations and the Madras Provincial Depressed Classes.
Answer the question given under the caption.
M. C. Rajah
- Who was popularly known as M. C. Rajah?
- What was his demand?
- In which year All India Depressed Classes Association was formed?
- What was the terms he advocated?
