The Self-Respect Movement was a dynamic social movement that started in South India, primarily aimed at achieving a society where backward castes had equal human rights and encouraging them to have self-respect in the context of a caste-based society that considered them to be the lowest. It was founded by E. V. Ramaswami Naicker, popularly known as Periyar.
The self-respect movement was started by:
Asked in UPSC Geoscientist 2021 · Topic: Social Religious Movement (Early Dalit and Lower Caste Upliftment Initiatives)
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