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Volume : II, Issue : VII, August - 2012 Enforcement Of Prohibition In Salem, 1937 K.MURUGIAH DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : It is not often that dreams come true, but the Dream of Prohibition came true as
soon as the Congress Ministry assumed office in Madras State in July 1937 under the
Premiership of Rajaji.1 In the Election Manifesto of the Congress Party, introduction of
Prohibition was an important pledge to be implemented by the Congress Ministry. Rajaji
was the First Premier who brought Prohibition into practice. He was an ardent Advocate
of Prohibition who followed the footprints of Gandhi. As a staunch follower of Gandhi in
his fight against drink, his first Act after assuming the Office of the Premier was the
introduction of Prohibition in 1937 in his own birth place, Salem Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : K.MURUGIAH, (2012). Enforcement Of Prohibition In Salem, 1937. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. VII, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1220.pdf References : - Baliga, B.S., Compendium on Temperance and Prohibition in Madras, Madras, 1960, p.33.
- ibid.
- Fortnightly Report (F.N.R.), 18 October 1933.
- Indian Annual Register (I.A.R.,) Vol.II, 1936, p.189.
- ibid.
- ibid.
- ibid.
- ibid., Vol. II, 1936,p.189.
- ibid., p.191.
- Thankappan, T.,'Worklng Class Movement in the Madras Presidency, 1918-1947' A Study of Madurai, Tinnevelly, and Coimbatore District, Unpublished Ph.D.Thesis, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 1987, p.96.
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