| Name
/ Title |
Krishnasamy (K.)
VEERAMANI |
| Date of
Birth |
December 02, 1933 |
| Identity |
Indian anti-caste activist |
| General |
- He was born in Cuddalore, South Arcot District,
Tamilnadu.
- March 17, 1978: He was
elected as General Secretary of the Dravidar Kazhagam on
this day. He was active in the social campaigns and
agitations launched by Periyar for support of "socially
discriminated people", and was incarcerated forty times for
his activities.
- 1976: He was jailed under
MISA for a year for opposing the Emergency.
- 1978: He was again jailed
for showing Black flags against Indira Gandhi for imposing
Emergency while in power.
- His father C. S. Krishnasamy died while he was in jail.
- He is the President of the Dravidar Kazhagam, an Indian
organization centered in Tamil Nadu, opposed to the caste
system and dedicated to the welfare of non-Brahmins since
1978.
- He is the third President of the Dravidar Kazhagam and
Chancellor of Periyar Maniammai University.
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