“For more than 40 years, I have been describing Tamil as a … - Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy

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“For more than 40 years, I have been describing Tamil as a barbarous language (Kattumirandi Mozhi) used only by barbarians. When Brahmins and the Brahmin-dominated government wanted to make Hindi a State language, I started, to a very limited extent, advocating the promotion of Tamil language only to oppose the imposition of Hindi language.

Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy

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Periyar Erode Venkata Ramasamy (Tamil: பெரியார், Kannada: ಪೆರಿಯಾರ್; 17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), also known as Ramaswami, EVR, Thanthai Periyar, or Periyar, was a Dravidian social activist and former politician from India, who founded the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam.

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Native Name: ಈರೋಡು ವೆಂಕಟ ರಾಮಸ್ವಾಮಿ • ఈరోడ్ వేంకట రామస్వామి

Alternative Names: LabdeKaBaal • DevdiyaPayale • PundaNakkiAlwar • KarunaDickSucker

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