Dravidian Chronicler

Dravidian Movement established by "Periyar", sprouted as a voice for oppressed, women and language protection. It is in power for more than 50 years in Tamil Nadu state, India.

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Battle of Viazma, 3 November 1812, painted by Peter von Hess, text by the Russian Hermitage Museum

The painting is a part of the series devoted to the great battles of the Patriotic War of 1812. This one depicts the battle of 22 October (3 November) 1812. The convoy of General Pavel Choglokov is shown entering the city streets and attacking with bayonets the fiercely defending enemy. The left part of the composition features the episode of the Pernovsk Infantry Regiment’s attack who can be recognized by the St. George Order colours that were given to them for taking two colours from Frenchmen at the Battles of Gelserg on 29 May and of Friedland on 2 June 1807. Such colours, in contrast to usual ones, had panels with inscriptions explaining the heroism of the regiment; their finial had an encrusted depiction of the St. George Cross, while the St. George ribbons with tassels were tied to the flagstaff. Near the Pernovsk Regiment Choglokov is depicted on a horseback. He leads the soldiers into the battle holding a sword in his hand. Next to him is his adjutant, awarded with the Order of St. Anna of the Second Class and Order of St. Vladimir of the Fourth Class with a bow and chasseur of the 33rd Regiment. In the centre of the picture the soldiers and officers of the Eletsk Infantry Regiment are fighting shoulder-to-shoulder against French infantrymen. In the right part the transport and dispensary carts of the French clotted, that fouled and cavalrymen from different regiments are making their way amid them, hurrying to hide from Russian bullets. Artillerymen are struggling to transport wagons. On the square in front of the chapel elements of the French infantry are preparing to meet the Russians attacking with bayonets. A group of generals and officers on horses is seen, they are trying to organize a defense. In the background there is a panorama of Viazma. Many houses are burning. Columns of retiring French are visible on the streets.

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Why everyone should know about "King Jr of South India"?

In India, there was a time when some people who are mostly poors according to sanatan Hindu dharma was kept untouchable. They were denied basic human rights and essentials to live but allowed to spend their rest of the life as a slave to a brahmins, who was the top most of caste hierarchy. These slaves were named sutras which means sons of *ore. If their shadow falls on a brahmins then punishment vary from mutation of body to forced drinking of human feces (which exists still now in North India). Periyar, born in a rich upper caste family in Tamil Nadu, can't tolerate this illpractices. He devoted his life for uplifting the sutras and protested to provide constitutional rights for lower caste and women. According to Sanskrit texts of Aryan Hindu religion,south Indians are depicted as blck,ugly,fairless humans and named them as Dravidians. So periyar took this as a challenge, he made the same ugly Dravidians in the governmental post to rule aryans. His motives of providing equal rights to everyone irrespective of any means matched same to Martin Luther king Jr. He organised various campaigns and public meetings to rehab the people addicted to various religious illpractices. He didn't entered electoral politics but his juniors such as scholar Annadurai, Dr. Karunanithi played dominant role in Indian politics and language based indentity preserving movement. From 1967 to till now the Dravidian movement, still in power and raised Tamil Nadu state to the place of top state of India. Unlike communism in Russia, Dravidian movement flourish by democracy not by dictatorship, which led to the stable victory of this movement throughout ages. Because of Dravidian movement, Tamils have swaped their caste title from their name with their education degree. As long as suppression of any kind continues Dravidian movement still continues.

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"HOW ‘DO OR DIE’ INSPIRED TAMILS?”

A Tale teared up from history books...

The year 1942 is historically bookmarked because the Soviets boinked the Nazis in the battle of Stalingrad and the Americans boinked the Japanese in the battle of midway. The two so called unbeatable superpowers was beaten to its pulp. As concerned about India, Cripps mission, to brainwash Indians to fight with British in the great war, failed miserably; All India Congress Committee gathered for its session at Bombay, Gandhi – a pain in the ass for the British Empire, called for an orderly British withdrawal with his famous punchline “DO OR DIE”.

The Empire struck back with imprisoning entire leadership of Indian national Congress without trial. But failed to capture a senior leader from Tamil Nadu state, Avinashilingam. He operated in the dark and propagated Gandhi’s speech among south Indian Congress members. Inspired ‘in way’ so that on august 12th 1942, a revolutionary gang meeting, including N.G.Ramasamy, K.V.Ramasamy (remember this name), S.V.Ramasamy, S.R. Govindsamy, K.P.Thiruvengadam and 50+ was organised in Ondipudur village.

They came into conclusion that their support to the quit India movement will be provided by derailing a train, laden with explosives from the Indian Ordnance factory at Aravankadu going to the great war. Next day (13th august) N.G.Ramasamy was arrested which infuriated his revolutionary circle. On the same night, the revolutionaries removed the clamps of the rail in Singanallur zone. Approximately at 2.00 AM when the train was travelling near the Singanallur lake, it derailed and 12 bogies felled into the lake.

Britishers astonished when they heard the news, they have been caught by complete surprise. As we witnessed form previous pages of history, a revolution which is a success, also which is a big blow to British control over people will results in tragic violation of human rights by brits.Many were imprisoned rigorously in the name of suspicion. Labour unions in solidarity with revolutionaries called for strike. Morally motivated revolutionaries planned to raid Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, then called HMS Vairi aka RNAY Sulur in Sulur village. On 26th august a group of revolutionaries trespassed into the air base imagining royal aircrafts to burn. But not a single flying object was stationed at that time. Angry mob burnt 25 trucks and 30 tents. Somehow a truck driver managed to escaped and reported to his higher officials in Coimbatore city.

Again, caught by complete surprise, a big embarrassment for the British which enraged them. Police raided every home in the village of the suspected. Harsh martial law was implemented. Anyone involving in anti-British acts were arrested. The mill owners with the support of the police, forced labour union to call off the strike which resulted in clash between mill workers and police at Pankaja mills. The Police started firing the workers from point blank range in which two of them was killed.

Many revolutionaries who actively took part in the revolts were arrested. They were likely to be executed as per national security law of that time. But lawyer and famous politician C.Subrahmaniyem (first finance minister of independent India under Nehru government who is responsible for creating things which now sold by govt.) secretly hiding in faraway villages helped the convicted. He made K.S.Ardhanareeshwaran to appear as attorney for the convicted during the trials. Before independence, all the convicted was released.

Similar to this incident, a group of revolutionaries derailed a military train on 10th October 1942 in Golaghat district claiming many British and Americans lives under the leadership of Kushal Konwar.

According to John F Riddick, from 9th August 1942 to 21st September 1942, revolutionaries attacked 550 post offices, 250 railway stations, damaged many railway lines, destroyed 70 police stations, 85 other government buildings. The government of India deployed 57 battalions of british troops to restore order. An important piece of info is during this time shoe polisher urged “Hindus” to join the British military in large numbers to support the war effort (u guessed it right)

These heroic incidents weren’t recorded in any national level books or media which motivated northern historians to say southerners didn’t took part in quit India movement actively. Later K.V.Ramasamy (the name I told you to remember before), who was thriving at age 25 during these incidents recalled it at many occasions until his demise.

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"If larger country oppresses a smaller country, I'll stand with smaller country. If smaller country has majoritarian religion which oppresses minority religions, I'll stand with minority religion. If minority religion has caste and one caste oppresses another caste, I'll stand with caste oppressed. In oppressed caste if an employer oppresses employee, I'll stand with employee. If employee goes home and oppresses his wife, I'll stand with that woman.

"Overall OPPRESSION is my ENEMY"

-Periyar E. V. Ramasamy