Those who do not know the past are condemned to repeat it.

Anti Hindi agitation, Kamarajar ayya, Dravidian political story.

first anti Hindi agitation 1937 – 38

Again implementation of Hindi by Mr.Rajaji than chief minister of Madras presidency.

Mr.RajajI CM was adamant about Hindi implementation which was opposed by Periyar and Justice party which was the than opposition party later becomes Dravidar Kazagam.

Protests and agitation continues for almost 3 years .

2 die and more than 1100 arrested including woman and children.

Congress govt resigns in 1939 and governor of Madras Lord Erskine abolished Hindi.

The adoption of an official language for the Indian Republic was a hotly debated issue during the framing of the Indian Constitution after India’s independence from the United Kingdom. After an exhaustive and divisive debate, Hindi was adopted as the official language of India with English continuing as an associate official language for a period of fifteen years, after which Hindi would become the sole official language. The new Constitution came into effect on 26 January 1950. Efforts by the Indian Government to make Hindi the sole official language after 1965 were not acceptable to many non-Hindi Indian states, who wanted the continued use of English. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), a descendant of Dravidar Kazhagam, led the opposition to Hindi. To allay their fears, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru enacted the Official Languages Act in 1963 to ensure the continuing use of English beyond 1965. The text of the Act did not satisfy the DMK and increased their skepticism that his assurances might not be honoured by future administrations.

As the day (26 January 1965) of switching over to Hindi as sole official language approached, the anti-Hindi movement gained momentum in Madras State with increased support from college students. On 25 January, a full-scale riot broke out in the southern city of Madurai, sparked off by a minor altercation between agitating students and Congress party members. The riots spread all over Madras State, continued unabated for the next two months, and were marked by acts of violence by police, police excess, police firing and lathi charges. Mr. Bhakatchavachalam s Government of the Madras State, under Home minister Mr.Kakkan called in paramilitary forces to quell the agitation.Their involvement resulted in the deaths of about seventy persons (by official estimates) including two policemen.

Thiru.Kamarajar opposed tooth and nail the actions of his party chief minister Thiru . Bakatvachalam, Home minister of TamilNadu Thiru Kakkan who gave orders to shoot and kill Tamil students, as home minister.

After this episode all chief minister of TamilNadu have held the home portfolio not assigning it to any other minister.

Thiru O.V.Alagesan and Thiru.C.Subramaniam than union ministers resigned from the Lal bahadur shastri cabinet in protests against the prime minister and chief minister not concerned about their party but Tamil people. The prime minister Lal bahadur sastri not bothered about anything than Hindi imposition advised the president of India to accept the resignation. The president refused to accept and adviced the prime minister to to calm the situation, considering unity and diversity of India . Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri gave assurances that English would continue to be used as the official language as long as the non-Hindi speaking states wanted. The riots subsided after Shastri’s assurance, as did the student agitation.

The agitations of 1965 led to major political changes in the state. The DMK won the 1967 assembly election and the Congress Party never managed to recapture power in the state since then. it’s all because of the rule of Mr.Bhakatchavachalam and Mr Kakkan who were very unpopular with the people of Madras state today’s TamilNadu.

when the DMK captured power in 1967 defeating the congress it was not Mr.Kamarajar as some want us to believe but it was Mr Bhakatchavachalam who lost as CM.

Kamarajar ayya lost the MLA election to Mr.Srinivasan a student due to the anger of the Tamil people against Thiru.Bhakatchavachalam and Thiru.Kakkan who ordered shootings to kill more than 100 people.

secondaly there was a huge scarcity for rice and than Mr.Bhakatchavachalam s govt gave maize ( makka cholam) for food.

The official Languages Act was eventually amended in 1967 by the Congress Government headed by Mrs.Indira Gandhi to guarantee the indefinite use of Hindi and English as official languages. This effectively ensured the current “virtual indefinite policy of bilingualism” of the Indian Republic.

it is a lie being spread that Thiru Kamarajar was defeated by dravidian ideology. no supporter of the Dravidian movement let it be the DMK, Admk,Mdmk will speak against Kamarajar ayya.

speaking only about Kamarajar ayya is divisive politics by two groups in TamilNadu.