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'''Vaikom Satyagraha''' (1924 - 25) was a ] (non-violent resistance movement) in ], now part of the state of ], ]. The objective was to remove ] from ] society. The movement was centered at the ancient ] temple at ], near the town of ]. The satyagraha focused on securing for all citizens the right to traverse the public roads around the Sri Mahadevar Temple at Vaikom. At the time, lower-caste Hindus were denied the privilege of using them. |
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'''Vaikom Satyagraha''' (1924 - 25) was a ] (movement) in ] now part of ] against ] in ] society. The movement was centered at the ] temple at ], near ].The Satyagraha aimed at securing freedom of movement for all sections of society through the public roads leading to the Sri Mahadevar Temple at Vaikom. Lower caste Hindus were not allowed. |
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The leaders of the Vaikom ] were T. K. Madhavan - an ] leader, and ] - a leader of the ] Service Society. On ], ], K. P. Kesava Menon and T. K. Madhavan was a close aide of Sri ] , accompanied by Nair, Pulaya and Ezhava volunteers, attempted to walk on the road near the temple and they were arrested. Later Kellapan a congress leader from Malabar was also arrested. The movement continued for a few more days until all Nair leaders were arrested. Later they invited ] who was the President of the Madras Presidency (Tamil Nadu) Congress Committee at that time to lead the agitation.] agreed and came to Vaikom in April 1924 and he was arrested but he was unrelenting and refused to leave to Vaikom and the ] gained strength and Mahatma Gandhi, on an invitation from ], went to Vaikom and began talks with the Queen of Travancore where it was agreed that the police pickets would be removed and that the State police would do nothing to prevent the lower castes using the roads. Periyar refused to participate in the negotiations but he had to agree, reluctantly, to Gandhi's idea that the demand for all Hindus entering the temple be put off at least for the time being.<ref> |
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The leaders of the Vaikom ] were ], an ], and ], a ]. T. K. Madhavan was a close aide of the saint and reformer Sri ]. On ], ], T. K. Madhavan, Congress leader K. P. Kesava Menon, and other Nair, Pulaya and Ezhava volunteers attempted to walk on the road near the temple and were arrested. Later Kelappan, a Congress leader from Malabar was also arrested. The movement continued for a few more days until all the leaders were arrested. Later ] who was the President of the Madras Presidency (Tamil Nadu) Congress Committee, also arrived at Vaikom, but he did not have a significant role. The ] gained strength and national attention. ], on an invitation from ], went to Vaikom and began talks with the Travancore royal family. It was agreed that the police pickets would be removed and that the State police would do nothing to prevent the lower castes using the roads. Gandhi was reluctant to make the struggle more intense at that point in time.<ref> |
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http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19990331/iex31073p.html </ref>. <ref> |
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http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19990331/iex31073p.html </ref>. <ref> |
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http://www.media-watch.org/articles/0499/65.html </ref> The right to enter temples was granted to all ] later, on November 12th, ] by the Maharajah of ] who issued the epoch-making ] <ref> |
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http://www.media-watch.org/articles/0499/65.html </ref> The right to enter temples was granted to ] ] only in ] by the Maharajah of ] by the ] <ref> |
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http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19990331/iex31073p.html </ref><ref> |
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http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19990331/iex31073p.html </ref><ref> |
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http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr98/fe0798/PIBF0707981.html</ref> |
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