E. V. R. Maniammai
President of the Dravidar Kazhagam
In office
25 December 1973 – 16 March 1978
Preceded byE. V. Ramasami
Succeeded byK. Veeramani
Personal details
Born(1917-03-10)10 March 1917
Vellore, Madras Presidency, British India
(present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
Died16 March 1978(1978-03-16) (aged 61)
Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Resting placePeriyar Ninaividam
Political partyDravidar Kazhagam
Other political
affiliations		Justice Party and INC
Spouse
  • ​
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    (m. 1948; died 1973)​
Occupation
  • Activist
  • politician
  • social reformer

Erode Venkatappa Ramasami Maniammai (10 March 1917 – 16 March 1978), was an Indian social activist and politician. She was the second wife(at the age of 32) of E. V. Ramasami(at the age of 70) . She succeeded him as the president of the Dravidar Kazhagam upon his death in 1973.

Biography

Maniammai was born as Kanthimathi to Kanagasabai Mudaliar, who was a member of the Justice Party.[1][2] Soon after her father's death, she joined the Dravidar Kazhagam founded by Periyar E. V. Ramasamy in 1942–43. Sources close to Periyar had indicated that Maniyammai, being a woman, could not be named his heir. So he took to the recourse of marrying her so that she could become his legal heir.[3] His marriage with a much younger Maniammai and his appointment of her as his successor shocked many of his party leaders.[4][5][6][7][8][9]


References

  1. ^ S. Muthiah (2008). Madras, Chennai: A 400-year Record of the First City of Modern India. Palaniappa Brothers. p. 413. ISBN 978-81-8379-468-8.
  2. ^ Nalankilli, Thanjai. "Periyar Drops a Bombshell". Tamil tribune. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. ^ "The September which split Dravidians: Periyar weds Maniyammai, DMK is born". Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ^ Balkrishna Vithal Bhosale (2004). Mobilisation of Backward Communities in India. Deep & Deep. p. 222. ISBN 978-81-7629-588-8.
  5. ^ Phil Zuckerman (2009). Atheism and Secularity [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-313-35182-2.
  6. ^ Atheistic Centre (1978). The Atheist. Atheistic Centre. p. 67-68. Archived from the original on 18 September 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  7. ^ Maṇiyammai, Ī.V.R.; Veeramani, K. (1987). An̲n̲ai Ī. Ve. Rā. Maṇiyammaiyārin̲ cintan̲ai muttukaḷ: an̲n̲aiyārin̲ kaṭṭuraikaḷ, pēccukaḷin̲ tokuppu. Periyār Cuyamariyātaip Piraccāra Nir̲uvan̲a Veḷiyīṭu. Archived from the original on 18 September 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  8. ^ Govindarajan, Vinita (8 March 2017). "International Women's Day: Remembering Maniammai, the woman leader who shouldered Periyar's legacy". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Periyar & Maniammai's Marriage – Though Irrelevant, Let's Talk About It, Shall We?". Feminism in India. 5 January 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
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