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Some of the old ideals are still there. Should not the classes and communities that, from time immemorial, have stood for these, receive encouragement from the Government? It is not necessary for our purpose to go into the details of this extravagant scheme, or into those of the other submitted to His Excellency the Viceroy by nineteen members of the Imperial Legislative Council, We are not in favour of any measure, which, in operation, is designed, or tends completely, to undermine the influence and authority of the British Rulers, who alone, in the present circumstances of India, are able to hold the scales even between creed and class, and to develop that sense of unity and national solidarity, without which India will continue to be a congeries of mutually exclusive and warring groups, without a common purpose and a common patriotism. As part of the yearlong celebrations of the Justice Party, the centenary commencement of Proclamation of Non-brahmin Manifesto (20th December 1916) was celebrated on 20th December 2015 at Periyar Thidal, Chennai. b. 62 0 obj
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This manifesto which came to be known as the Non-Brahmin Manifesto of 1916 was designed to secure the advancement of Non-Brahmins in the face of the so-called Brahmin monopoly in education, and in the professional and Government services. Not less than 40 out of 41% millions, who form the population of this presidency, are non-Brahmins, and the bulk of the tax payers, including a. large majority of the zamindars, landholders and agriculturists, also belong to the same class. So, the belief that the death of gangster Vikas Dubey and his five "Brahmin henchmen" in a police encounter will change this trend is unfounded. described in detail the relative positions of the Brahmins and the non-Brahmins in the public Service of this Province, not definitely as cham-pion of non Brahmin interests but with a view to showing that if simultanous examinations in England and India for admission into the I.C.S. Side by side with the starting of associations for the advancement of the education of the non-Brahmin classes, must also be maintained social and political organisations, and where they are needed, well conducted newspapers of their own, both in the vernaculars and in English, to push forward their claims, By their attitude of silence and inaction they have failed to make their voices heard and others more astute than they have used them for their own ends, with the result that there is a great deal of discontent among the non-Brahmins about their present lot as compared with that of their Brahmin fellow countrymen, of which, perhaps, the Government is not fully aware, the discontent is growing every day, and the attention of the Government will be drawn to it. 0000001176 00000 n
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The manifesto articulated the voice of the non-Brahmin communities. As a gesture of acknowledgement the felicitated dignitaries spoke as follows: Justice V.Ramaswami, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Answer: Reservation of jobs for Non - Brahmins in Government service and seats in representative bodies. It was then, though not in form and name, but in spirit and method, a truly national institution. The manifesto became an important document that would shape the rise of Dravidian movement later. My functioning in the higher judiciary was commended by the former union law minister late Sankaranand for the cause of Social Justice. In spite of the singular solicitude, which for reasons not apparent, the Department of Education has been showing for the education of Brahmin girls and especially of Brahmin widows as if the Brahmins were IA backward class, the percentage of literates among the women of such non-Brahmin communities as the Nayars is higher than among the Brahmins. Self Respectful S.Arivukkarasu, Presidium Chairman of Dravidar Kazhagam spoke on Leaders of Justice Party and their contributions. I have committed myself to the cause of Social Justice which is close very much to the ideology of Thanthai Periyar. 0000032238 00000 n
If, occasionally, a fair minded ruler endeavours to correct the inequality arising from the preponderance of Brahmins on any public body by having recourse to nominations of individuals from comparatively unrepresented interests, he is severely criticised in the Brahmin press. For our part, we deprecate, as we have suggested, the introduction of changes not warranted by the present conditions, we cannot too strongly condemn caste or class rule. Whenever I got elevation in my career I used to come to Periyar Thidal, showed the relevant order of elevation to Periyar. 5ylWuP.%"W`K`o=e~]W0,,,,,,/1CN9s:ttwp: Buddha Road The Inner Grammar Of Dissent Lives. Advertisement Remove all ads. H\n0)MZ)d8)R!uA",|/vmwg}Xq.5viUi[9x,SV&/Ku?c}x26Ga\LaLv>[6SaBlSBz5Yec^{duYg![F~SBXf 0
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opinion, among others of the 40 millions of non-Brahmins of this large and important province, It is our unfortunate experience also that as concessions and rights are more freely bestowed, the rigidly exclusive caste grows still more rigid and exclusive. But we cannot help calling attention to the highest appointments open to the Indian in this presidency and the principle upon which they are distributed. In my judgment I have mentioned Thanthai Periyar and his contributions in ensuring Social Justice to the oppressed people. Hume, W.C. Bonnerjee, Budruddin Tayabji, S. Ramaswami Mudaliar, Rangiah Naidu, Rao Bahadur Sabhapathi Mudaliar and Sir Sankaran Nair, enlightened non-Brahmins all over the presidency gave it their hearty and loyal support. With which they are confronted. In the conference, Justice Party adopted . twentieth century. It is our firm conviction that in India, for some time to come at any rate, every community has primarily to put its own house in order, so that, when it has to co-operate with other communities, possibly with higher social pretentions, it may do so, not as a dependent and helpless unit to be made a figure head or cats-paw of, but as a self-respecting and highly developed social organitsation, offering its willing co-operation for the promotion of common objects on terms of perfect equality. The priests have been . H\@>E-QoI7d1?Lfh%#LTY''V>VnwKOCs;u};pIkrm.q~e\#=mmKgrk)}%ton9FsFfhu09$*kW}c OzJ#^TY*_- If, occasionally, a fair minded ruler endeavours to correct the inequality arising from the preponderance of Brahmins on any public body by having recourse to nominations of individuals from comparatively unrepresented interests, he is severely criticised in the Brahmin press. <>
Reservation is the core strategic approach adopted by the Dravidian Movement to ensure the proper dispensation of Social Justice to the enslaved masses. Sir, Alexander (then Mr.) Cardew, now a member of the Madras Executive Council, in his evidence before the Public Service Commission in 1913, described in detail, the relative positions of the Brahmins and the non-Brahmins in the Public Service of this province, not certainly as a champion of non-Brahmin interest, but with a view to show that if simultaneous examinations in England and India for admission into the Indian Civil Service, were introduced, the Brahmins, whom he characterised as a small rigidly exclusive caste would swamp that Service. The manifesto became a significant document that would later shape the rise of the Dravidian movement. Justice Party Golden Jubilee Souvenir (1968) & Dravidar 100 (2016). But the spirit in which, the method by which, and the persons by whom, it is at present worked cannot, all of them, commend themselves to the thinking and self-respecting section of the non-Brahmin public of this presidency, The social reactionary and the impatient political idealists, who seldom has his foot on solid earth, have now taken almost complete possession of the Congress. The manifesto was criticised by the Home rule periodical New India. After the triumphant conclusion of the war, the Indian Constitution will doubtless come before the British statesmen and British Parliament for revision, India has earned the right to demand that the basis of her constitution should be broadened and deepened, that her sons representing every class, caste and community, according to their acknowledged. Non-Brahmin Manifesto was issued by P.Kesava Pillai, member of the Legislative Council. 0000005990 00000 n
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