Dravida Peravai

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'DRAVIDA PERAVAI, the offshoot of DRAVIDA MUNNETRAKAZHAGAM is born out of historical necessity to mould the policies in tune with the changing needs of times and to catch the imagination of the Tamil people in the dawn of the next millennium. Nowhere in human society people were compartmentalized into castes in the name of religion and kept under captivity for centuries together.

The archaeological excavations at Mohenjadaro and Harappa by Sir John Marshall brought to the fore the rich civilization of Dravidians. Dr.Caldwell's Comparative Grammar of Dravidian Languages highlighted that Tamil is the Mother of Dravidian language school and a primary classical language of the world. At the same time the oppressed sections of society revolted against caste tyranny. In such a compelling historical moment Advocate JOHN RATHINAM, a leader of dalits founded Dravida Kazhagam in 1892. With an interval of some years after that first abortive attempt, the South Indian Welfare and Rights Movement otherwise known as Justice Party emerged in the scene in 1916. As moderates in Justice Party were applying brakes for the onward march of the social revolution initiated by PERIYAR E.V.RAMASAMY, a new transformation was carried forward by DRAVIDA KAZHAGAM.

The realization that social revolution sans power will not deliver goods led to the birth of DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM in September 17/1949. ARINGNAR ANNA led the party to citadels of power in 1967 but his demise orphaned the movement. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led by Aringnar Anna's successor Dr. KALAIGNAR M. KARUNANITHI became a victim of the evil designs to reverse the march of the rationalist movement and the historical resurgence of the Dravidian Peoples. ANNA DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM came into existence in October 1972. Once again DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM split and MARUMALARCHI DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHGAM was formed due to personality clashes. Aghast at the division after division that buried all the achievement of century old Dravidian movement an outfit DRAVIDA ILAIGNAR PERVAI aimed at unifying the youth divided between the three Dravidian parties emerged on 25th January 1994 in front of the statue of Student leader Rajendran of Annamalai University who lost his life to the bullets of police during Anti-Hindi agitation of 1965. N. Nandhivarman who led this organization felt the need to fill the vacuum for a Greens party in Tamilnadu and registered DRAVIDA PERAVAI as a party with the ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA with effect from 30.10.96 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Nandhivarman.jpg#filelinks

Nandhivarman, General Secretary,

Dravida Peravai' (Dravidian Front), is a political party in Pondicherry, India. The DP was formed in 1996 by a break-away faction of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. The Party claims to be a "Green" party. The present Party General Secretary is N. Nandhivarman. The DP strives to unite Tamils and impart a scientific outlook for the enrichment of Tamil culture. Despite claiming to be "Green" the Party has fought for national projects like the Indian Rivers Inter-link, the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project and the Tenth Degree Canal, an Indo-Thailand joint venture. The DP is concerned about future continental and coastal changes affecting Tamil Nadu and Tamils.

The Dravida Peravai supports what they refer to as the "Tamil struggle" in Sri Lanka.

The Party describes the former Minister of Defence George Fernandes as the "International Torch-bearer of Socialism" in view of his longstanding association with socialist movement.Party also spearheads a movement for separate Union Territory for Karaikal within Indian Union.

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