Question

Answer all the questions given under the caption.

Language agitation before Indian Independence

1. Name the movements that helped to galvanise the Tamil language.
2. Highlight the contribution of Abraham Pandithar for the cause of Tamil music.
3. What was seen as a threat to Tamil language and music?
4. Who introduced Hindi as a compulsory subject in schools?

Answer 1

1. Maraimalai Adigal’s Pure Tamil Movement, the language reforms of Periyar and Tamil Isai Movement.
2. Abraham Pandithar systematically studied the history of Tamil music and attempted to reconstruct the ancient Tamil musical system. He founded the Tanjore Sangitha Vidya Mahajana Sangam in 1912 which became the kernel of the Tamil Isai Movement or Tamil Music Movement.
3. The implementation of Hindi as a compulsory language in Tamil Nadu, at various points of time, was seen as a threat to Tamil language and culture.
4. C. Rajagopalachari introduced Hindi as a compulsory subject in schools.