Maniammai

Maniammai (10 March 1920 – 16 March 1978) from Tamil Nadu. She was the life partner of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy when she was 31 years old and he was 72 years old and succeeded him as the leader of the Dravidar Kazhagam upon his death in 1973.

Maniammai
Born(1920-03-10)10 March 1920[1]
Vellore, Madras Presidency, British India
Died16 March 1978(1978-03-16) (aged 55)[1]
Spouse(s)Periyar E. V. Ramasamy (m. 1949; d. 1973)

Biography

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

References
  1. S. Muthiah (2008). Madras, Chennai: A 400-year Record of the First City of Modern India. Palaniappa Brothers. p. 413. ISBN 978-81-8379-468-8.
  2. Nalankilli, Thanjai. "Periyar Drops a Bombshell". Tamil tribune. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/september-which-split-dravidians-periyar-weds-maniyammai-dmk-born-49850. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. https://swarajyamag.com/politics/ten-things-about-periyar-dravidian-parties-dont-want-you-to-know. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. Balkrishna Vithal Bhosale (2004). Mobilisation of Backward Communities in India. Deep & Deep. p. 222. ISBN 978-81-7629-588-8.
  6. Phil Zuckerman (2009). Atheism and Secularity [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-313-35182-2.
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