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Rettamalai Srinivasan

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Indian activist (1859-1945)

JournalistsLived 1859 to 1945 · aged 86
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Diwan Bahadur Rettamalai Srinivasan, commonly known as R. Srinivasan, was a scheduled caste activist and politician from then Madras Presidency of British India. He is a Paraiyar icon and was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and was also an associate of B. R. Ambedkar.

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Front page of the Tamil magazine Paraiyan launched by Rettamalai Srinivasan in 1893Front page of the Tamil magazine Paraiyan launched by Rettamalai Srinivasan in 1893Rettamalai Srinivasan memorial building, Gandhi Mandapam, Chennai.Rettamalai Srinivasan memorial building, Gandhi Mandapam, Chennai.Statue of Rettamalai Srinivasan, Gandhi Mandapam, ChennaiStatue of Rettamalai Srinivasan, Gandhi Mandapam, Chennai

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Diwan Bahadur Rettamalai Srinivasan, commonly known as R. Srinivasan, was a scheduled caste activist and politician from then Madras Presidency of British India. He is a Paraiyar icon and was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and was also an associate of B. R. Ambedkar. He is remembered today as one of the pioneers of the Scheduled caste movement in India. He founded the Adi dravida mahajana sabha in 1893.

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Journalist
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Lived 1859 to 1945 · aged 86
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