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Volume : II, Issue : IX, October - 2012

Services Of Rao Bahadur R.srinivasan To The Depressed Class Society –A Bird's View

L.Selvamuthu Kumarasami and R. Jayapriya

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The paper aims to highlight the contribution and services of R.Srinivasan to the elevation, enhancement , emancipation and empowerment of the Depressed Classes in the first half of the Twentieth Century Tamil Nadu. Rattaimali R.Srinivasan was one of the remarkable Depressed Class Leaders of Tamil Nadu . Throughout his political career from 1923 to 1945 till his last breath, he well utilized his political power to get proper safeguards with equality in social and political life. Because of his tireless services, the Depressed Class people achieved the political power such as representation in legislatures, representation in Government Offices, and representation in the services like Military, Navy and Civil .

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L.Selvamuthu Kumarasami and R. Jayapriya, (2012). Services Of Rao Bahadur R.srinivasan To The Depressed Class Society –A Bird's View. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. IX, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1491.pdf

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