Who among the following founded the 'Self-Respect Movement'?
- A.Jyotiba Phule
- B.Swami Vivekananda
- C.E. V. Ramaswami Naicker
- D.Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, E. V. Ramaswami Naicker. E. V. Ramasamy, known as Periyar, started the Self-Respect Movement in Tamil Nadu in 1925.
Periyar left the Congress in 1925, unhappy with its attitude to caste, and began the movement to give non-Brahmins and the depressed castes a sense of dignity. It attacked caste hierarchy, Brahminical priesthood and superstition, and promoted inter-caste marriages and "self-respect marriages" held without priests, along with the rights of women. His journal Kudi Arasu spread its ideas. In 1944 his Justice Party was renamed the Dravidar Kazhagam, the root of later Dravidian parties.
A is wrong because Jyotiba Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj in Maharashtra in 1873.
B is wrong because Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897.
D is wrong because Dr. B. R. Ambedkar founded the Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha (1924) and led the Mahad Satyagraha, not the Self-Respect Movement.
Exam tip: Self-Respect Movement – Periyar, 1925, Tamil Nadu; Satyashodhak Samaj – Phule, 1873.
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