With reference to E. V. Ramaswami Nayakar, which of the following statement/s is/are correct?
(1) He participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement.
(2) He left the Congress in 1925.
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With reference to E. V. Ramaswami Nayakar, which of the following statement/s is/are correct?
(1) He participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement.
(2) He left the Congress in 1925.
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Correct — C, Both 1 and 2. E. V. Ramasamy 'Periyar' joined the Indian National Congress in 1919 and actively took part in the Non-Cooperation Movement — including leading the Vaikom Satyagraha of 1924-25 against caste-based restrictions on temple-entry roads in Kerala — so statement 1 is correct. He resigned from the Congress in 1925 after it declined to endorse his demand for communal representation (reservations for non-Brahmins), and that same year launched the Self-Respect Movement — so statement 2 is also correct. Hence both statements are true.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Both statements are historically correct — Periyar did take part in the Non-Cooperation Movement and did leave the Congress in 1925 — so 'neither' is wrong.  (b) It wrongly rejects statement 1. Periyar was very much part of the Congress-led Non-Cooperation Movement before his break, so statement 1 is also true.  (d) It wrongly rejects statement 2. Periyar did resign from the Congress in 1925, so statement 2 is true as well.

Concept: E. V. Ramasamy 'Periyar' (1879-1973) began as a Congress worker in the Tamil region, joining in 1919 and taking part in the Non-Cooperation and temperance (anti-liquor) agitations. Disillusioned by the Congress's refusal to back communal representation for non-Brahmins, he quit in 1925 and founded the Self-Respect Movement, championing rationalism, self-respect and social equality; he later revived the Justice Party, which became the Dravidar Kazhagam in 1944.

State PCS 2023 Q139 — History PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2023 Q139 — History PYQ with Answer