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Statue of Iyothee Thass Pandithar
December 2 , 2023
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- Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin unveiled the statue of anti-caste activist Iyothee Thass Pandithar at Gandhi Mandapam in Chennai.
- Iyothee Thasar born in then Teynampet-Thousand Lights area in the former Madras Presidency on May 20, 1845.
- He learned Tamil, English, Pali and Sanskrit.
- He was the first person who made the words Tamizhan and Dravidan as political identity.
- Iyothee Thass Pandithar is also known as the “Dravida Peroli” and ‘Father of Social Reforms in South India’.
- He launched ‘Dravida Pandian’ magazine in 1885 along with John Rathinam and in 1907.
- He launched ‘Oru Paisa Tamizhan’, a Tamil newspaper.
- He established the ‘Sakya Buddhist Society’ in Madras in 1898.
- He also started Dravida Mahajana Sabha in 1891 and Advaidananda Sabha in 1876.
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