Annai E. V. R. Maniammai Explained

E. V. R. Maniammai
Office:President of the Dravidar Kazhagam
Term Start:25 December 1973
Term End:16 March 1978
Predecessor:E. V. Ramasami
Successor:K. Veeramani
Birth Date:1917 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Vellore, Madras Presidency, British India
Death Place:Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
Resting Place:Periyar Ninaividam
Party:Dravidar Kazhagam
Otherparty:Justice Party and INC

Erode Venkatappa Ramasami Maniammai (10 March 1917 – 16 March 1978), was an Indian social activist and politician. She was the second wife (at the age of 32) of E. V. Ramasami (at the age of 70). She succeeded him as the president of the Dravidar Kazhagam upon his death in 1973.

Biography

Maniammai was born as Kanthimathi to Kanagasabai Mudaliar, who was a member of the Justice Party.[1] [2] Soon after her father's death, she joined the Dravidar Kazhagam founded by Periyar E. V. Ramasamy in 1942–43. Sources close to Periyar had indicated that Maniyammai, being a woman, could not be named his heir. So he took to the recourse of marrying her so that she could become his legal heir.[3] His marriage with a much younger Maniammai and his appointment of her as his successor shocked many of his party leaders.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Book: S. Muthiah. Madras, Chennai: A 400-year Record of the First City of Modern India. 2008. Palaniappa Brothers. 978-81-8379-468-8. 413.
  2. News: Periyar Drops a Bombshell. Nalankilli. Thanjai. Tamil tribune. 19 August 2016. 3 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160903133222/http://www.tamiltribune.com/05/1201.html. live.
  3. News: The September which split Dravidians: Periyar weds Maniyammai, DMK is born . 28 September 2019 . 10 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190810165105/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/september-which-split-dravidians-periyar-weds-maniyammai-dmk-born-49850 . live .
  4. Book: Balkrishna Vithal Bhosale. Mobilisation of Backward Communities in India. 2004. Deep & Deep. 978-81-7629-588-8. 222.
  5. Book: Phil Zuckerman. Atheism and Secularity [2 volumes]. 2009. ABC-CLIO. 978-0-313-35182-2. 143.
  6. Book: Atheistic Centre . The Atheist . Atheistic Centre . v. 10-12 . 1978 . 19 Apr 2023 . 67-68 . 18 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230918043154/https://books.google.com/books?id=eGVTAAAAYAAJ . live .
  7. Book: Maṇiyammai . Ī.V.R. . Veeramani . K. . An̲n̲ai Ī. Ve. Rā. Maṇiyammaiyārin̲ cintan̲ai muttukaḷ: an̲n̲aiyārin̲ kaṭṭuraikaḷ, pēccukaḷin̲ tokuppu . Periyār Cuyamariyātaip Piraccāra Nir̲uvan̲a Veḷiyīṭu . 1987 . 19 Apr 2023 . 18 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230918043244/https://books.google.com/books?id=5oxuAAAAMAAJ . live .
  8. Web site: Govindarajan . Vinita . International Women's Day: Remembering Maniammai, the woman leader who shouldered Periyar's legacy . Scroll.in . 8 Mar 2017 . 19 Apr 2023 . 19 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230419102954/https://scroll.in/article/831180/international-womens-day-remembering-maniammai-the-woman-leader-who-shouldered-periyars-legacy . live .
  9. Web site: Periyar & Maniammai's Marriage – Though Irrelevant, Let's Talk About It, Shall We? . Feminism in India . 5 Jan 2021 . 19 Apr 2023 . 19 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230419104623/https://feminisminindia.com/2021/01/06/periyar-maniammai-marriage/ . live .

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