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- The Tamil Nadu government announced that K. Thirunavukkarasu, a historian documenting the Dravidian movement, and the retired Madras High Court judge, K. Chandru, would be honored with the Thanthai Periyar Award for Social Justice and the Dr. Ambedkar Award for 2021 respectively.
- Mr. Thirunavukkarasu’s work, Needhi Katchi Varalaru, documents in two volumes the history of the Justice Party since its founding in 1916 until it was named Dravidar Kazhagam in 1944.
- He has also been commended for his works, Dravida Iyakka Vergal and Dravida Iyakka Thoongal.
- He is fondly called the mobile encyclopedia of the Dravidian movement.
- Mr. Chandru has delivered judgments in over 96,000 cases during his service.
- The Tamil Nadu government has every year been honoring those who have made an outstanding contribution to the promotion of social justice with the Thanthai Periyar Award.
- The Ambedkar Award is given to an eminent personality who has contributed to the socio-economic and educational development of the Adi Dravidar community.
- The cash component of the awards was hiked from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh this year by Chief Minister MK Stalin.
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