Self-respect movement

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The Self-Respect Movement was founded in 1925 by E.V. Ramasami Naicker in Tamil Nadu, India. The movement has the aim of achieving a society where all persons have equal human rights[1]and encouraging Dalits to have self-respect in the context of a caste based society that considered them to be the lower end of the hierarchy.[2]

A number of political parties in Tamil Nadu, such as DMK and AIADMK owe their origins to the Self-respect movement,[3] the latter a 1972 breakaway from the DMK. Both parties are populistic with a generally Social Democratic orientation, but unlike the AIADMK the DMK is overtly anti-Hindu.

The movement has been in political power in Tamil Nadu since 1967, when the DMK under C. N. Annadurai defeated the ruling Congress Party. The incumbent (as of 2006) Chief Minister is M. Karunanidhi of the DMK.

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  1. ^ N.D. Arora/S.S. Awasthy. Political Theory and Political Thought. ISBN 8124111642. 
  2. ^ Thomas Pantham, Vrajendra Raj Mehta, Vrajendra Raj Mehta, (2006). Political Ideas in Modern India: thematic explorations. Sage Publications. ISBN 0761934200. 
  3. ^ Shankar Raghuraman, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta (2004). A Time of Coalitions: Divided We Stand. Sage Publications. ISBN 0761932372. 


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