endobj But the spirit in which, the method by which, and the persons by whom, it is at present worked cannot, all of them, commend themselves to the thinking and self-respecting section of the non-Brahmin public of this presidency, The social reactionary and the impatient political idealists, who seldom has his foot on solid earth, have now taken almost complete possession of the Congress. The Non-Brahmin Manifesto was issued by a) C. Natesan The time has come when an attempt should be made to define the attitude of the several important non-Brahmin Indian communities in this presidency towards what is called The Indian Home Rule Movement," and also to indicate certain facts with respect to their present political position. Answer: Reservation of jobs for Non - Brahmins in Government service and seats in representative bodies. 0000004047 00000 n Depressed Classes Mission, Non-Brahmin movement and Justice Party . But it passes our understanding Why a small class, which shows a larger percentage of English knowing men than their neighbours, should be allowed almost to absorb all the government appointments, great and small, high and low, to the exclusion of the latter, among whom may also be found, though in small proportions, men of capacity, enlightenment and culture. Art. The December 1916 "Non-Brahmin Manifesto" voiced its opposition to the Home Rule Movement. cit., Appendix 1. We are deeply devoted and loyally attached to British rule, for that rule, in spite of its many short-comings and occasional aberrations, is, in the main, just and sympathetic, We, indeed, hope that our rulers will, as their knowledge of the country expands, be more readily responsive to public feeling, when, of course, that feeling is clearly manifest and decidedly unambiguous, and that before they take any action they will examine the interests and wishes of each caste, class and community with more anxious care than heretofore and in a less conventional manner, When the spirit of social exclusiveness and the rigidity of class and caste begin to disappear, the progress towards self-government will unquestionably be more satisfactory, but, for the present, the practical politician has to concern himself with what lies immediately in front of him. Many Non-Brahmins were The Brahmin monopoly was quite formidable as with only 3.2% of the population they had 72% of all graduates. When the non-brahmin manifesto was released for public debate and scrutiny in december 1916, Annie Beasant, editor of New India (NI) and patron saint of the Home rule movement denounced its contents and stated intentions in strident terms. Natesa Mudaliar realised that if these two leaders could be brought together it would give the Non-Brahmin movement a fast forward push. 9qrA8 !0,Cx7%b1|(`JIM&c0lHb1VUaqr/GQB& >p_N}-"W_+b=_zEkb /4w. Sir, Alexander (then Mr.) Cardew, now a member of the Madras Executive Council, in his evidence before the Public Service Commission in 1913, described in detail, the relative positions of the Brahmins and the non-Brahmins in the Public Service of this province, not certainly as a champion of non-Brahmin interest, but with a view to show that if simultaneous examinations in England and India for admission into the Indian Civil Service, were introduced, the Brahmins, whom he characterised as a small rigidly exclusive caste would swamp that Service. In spite of the singular solicitude, which for reasons not apparent, the Department of Education has been showing for the education of Brahmin girls and especially of Brahmin widows as if the Brahmins were IA backward class, the percentage of literates among the women of such non-Brahmin communities as the Nayars is higher than among the Brahmins. Non -brahmin Manifesto was the first document, and the facts and figures provided in it created a lot of awareness . It tried for communal representation when it formed the Ministry in 1920. The 'Non-Brahmin Manifesto' by the Justice Party in December 1916 became an important document which would later shape the rise of the Dravidian movement. a. It is curious to note that even where competitive examinations did not exist, as for instance in the Subordinate Judicial Service of the presidency, the major portion of the appointments was in the hands of the Brahmins, Sir Alexander Cardew stated that, out of 128 permanent District Munsiffs in 1913, 93 were Brahmins, 25 non-Brahmin Hindus and the rest Muhammadans, Indian Christiane, Europeans and Anglo-Indians, From these and other figures of a like nature, he naturally concluded that an open competition for the Civil Service in India would mean almost complete monopoly of the service by the Brahmin caste and the practical exclusion from it of the non-Brahmin classes. hWZt.of{qzM\ :M43P7*Y1hg{2":]/B,(~6Vzw@D~w6;WK ULR/Z~g>5|geBgv]^Yb2)BR%z[[s4IW5rqxTf7|gM^5d+W0,0NVoa]=l_ rlH0MHd0*1 0000004811 00000 n With which they are confronted. The Non-Brahmin Manifesto", issued in December 1916 by the Association's Secretary, Theagaraya Chettiar defined "the attitude of the several important non-Brahmin Indian communities in this presidency towards what is called "The Indian Home Rule Movement.". It opposed the Home Rule Movement as a movement ofBrahmins and feared that Home Rule might give them more power. 0000011761 00000 n Not less than 40 out of 41% millions, who form the population of this presidency, are non-Brahmins, and the bulk of the tax payers, including a. large majority of the zamindars, landholders and agriculturists, also belong to the same class. 3 0 obj One, of the earliest lower caste movements, which became the torch bearer for the future caste movements, was founded in Maharashtra in the 1870s by Jyotibha Phule, who with his books Gulamgiri (1872) and Sarvajanik Satyadharma Pustak and his organisation Satya Shodhak Samaj, proclaimed the need "to save the lower castes . We are of those who think that in the truest and best interest of India, its Government should continue to be conducted on true British principles of justice and equality of opportunity. During my judicial service, I met Thanthai Periyar many times to seek his blessings and wishes. Of course, he did not invite the attention of the Public Service Commission to what prevailed in the important Native States directly under the control of the Madras Government, where, too, the preponderance of Brahmins in the Government Service then, as now, Was not less marked, Nor did lie go into the figures relating to the subordinate services, which are recruited under a system almost wholly of patronage. But the non-Brahmins must first help themselves, Let them do everything needful to ensure a continued educational, social, political and economical development on abroad and enduring basis; and, then, their future as British subjects will be brighter and more prosperous than it is today, What is designated as Nation building is a laborious task, involving, and indeed necessitating, in the slow process of evolution, the due performance, in the proper time by each class and community, of the duty it owes to itself first and foremost. Justice S.Ratnavel Pandian, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Next to the felicitation session seminar on What did Justice Party achieve? was held. During the Centenary of Non Brahmin Manifesto Proclamation, many eminent persons who claimed in the social and governance ladder due to the labourious contributions of the Dravidian Movement were felicitated. Surely, in these services the preponderance of Brahmins would be still more striking. The year 1916 was significant. b. He is reported to have stated that in the competitive examinations for the Provincial Civil Service, which were held between 1892 and 1904, out of sixteen successful Candidates fifteen were Brahmins, giving a ratio of 95 percent of Brahmin success. I was a member of Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) in 1948 and participated in many progressive agitations convened by DK. ]_2~b9gHZO(G'\yW9\^NBx^|\>9} =7WXWR0.iJ@^~QZv O~GNZ9.>`39lBJ?t!X)WC a{9`=~;7(~nm7\3)3?R/+/GL3Oxq 0000003899 00000 n He called it as one "calculated to be harmful to the common causes and probably likely to promote the best interest of the classes, whom it sought to serve". To quote one of the latest instances, of the 15 gentlemen elected from this presidency to represent it on the All India Congress Committee, with the exception of one solitary non-Brahmin Indian, all are practically Brahmins, and yet the decision of this committee, which is the executive of the Congress, upon matters of grave import, such as the revision of the Indian Constitution after the war, will be held up to the world's admiring gaze as the considered. Prof Dr.D.Janaki, former Vice Chancellor welcomed the audience. The incorporation of Periyar and his contributions to the society in the judgment will remain indelible forever. A non-Brahmin manifesto was issued by the then member of the legislative council P Kesava Pillai. Be bold at the hours of crisis without any wavering. This piece of advice-wish of Periyar still remains greenish in me. The priests have been . non brahmin manifesto released by. Their political interests, therefore, (as compared with those of the Brahmins who number only about a million and a half), have materially suffered. The manifesto was criticised by the Home rule periodical New India. Great and pressing is the task. Non-Brahmin manifesto. all the Hindu Judges, are Brahmins. The other group was led by T.M. 0000002079 00000 n He called it as one "calculated to be harmful to the common causes and probably likely to promote the best interest of the classes, whom it sought to serve". In this article, we first examine the issue of the power and status of the Brahmin and show how it . The Communist League in London commissioned the work, which was originally published in German. 0000005521 00000 n Side by side with the starting of associations for the advancement of the education of the non-Brahmin classes, must also be maintained social and political organisations, and where they are needed, well conducted newspapers of their own, both in the vernaculars and in English, to push forward their claims, By their attitude of silence and inaction they have failed to make their voices heard and others more astute than they have used them for their own ends, with the result that there is a great deal of discontent among the non-Brahmins about their present lot as compared with that of their Brahmin fellow countrymen, of which, perhaps, the Government is not fully aware, the discontent is growing every day, and the attention of the Government will be drawn to it. opinion, among others of the 40 millions of non-Brahmins of this large and important province, It is our unfortunate experience also that as concessions and rights are more freely bestowed, the rigidly exclusive caste grows still more rigid and exclusive. non brahmin manifesto was issued by whom. Also in E. F. Irschick, op. We sincerely hope that sane and sober politicians, who know the country and its people, and who feel their responsibility to both, will soon reassert their mastery over the Congress machine, and direct it in strict accordance with the living realities of the present. The subject 'Brahmin and non-Brahmin' began to acquire significance in Tamil Nadu with the emergence of a strong movement against hegemonic position of Brahmins in the Tamil society. In the Mysore State, where open competitive examinations for the Mysore Civil Service were held during the preceding 20 years, Brahmins secured 85 percent of the vacancies, In the competition for the appointment of Assistant Engineers in Madras, the number of successful candidates, during the same period, was; 17 Brahmins and four non-Brahmins. Uncategorized. We do not deny that in these days of fierce intellectual competition the skill to pass examinations is a valuable personal possession. PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT WANTED AND NOT UNAUTHORIZED CONSTITUTION - MAKING. endstream endobj 32 0 obj <> endobj 33 0 obj <> endobj 34 0 obj <>stream The Board of Revenue added a column in 1904 exhibiting caste or sect of each subordinate department to provide uniformity to its rules.7 The Non-Brahmin group was led by the legendary Sir Pitti Theagaroya Chetti. xref HT[oQ~?bs?ZZS1fCvsvXmd9|go^O$|^i!d)1O@V?`5%{^*jFVL8=[mcfhz-buAE((kaZwp?ok8?`2_t?N_TWp,YBKXAAAdHv In my judgment I have mentioned Thanthai Periyar and his contributions in ensuring Social Justice to the oppressed people. Dr.A.Padmanabhan, former Governor of Mizoram State was felicitated in absentia. startxref The Justice Party was formed and the main aim of the Justice party was to neutralize the Home Rule. K.S. 0000006533 00000 n 19 44 - Justice Party Golden Jubilee Souvenir (1968) & Dravidar 100 (2016). Similar results were produced by the competitive examination for the Accounts Departments. Justice Party released its non-Brahmin manifesto in December 1916. While felicitating, Dr.K.Veeramani proudly said, the dignitaries are the products of the labourious contributions of the Dravidian Movement. | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples % The Non-Brahmin Manifesto attacked injustice; the Justice Party sought a remedy by the earliest adoption of reservation and secularisation by law. But in what passes for politics in Madras they have not taken the part to which they are entitled. Buddha Road The Inner Grammar Of Dissent Lives. Many Non-Brahmins were pained and surprised at the Prof A.Karunanandan, Secretary of DHRC spoke on Social Justice achievements of Justice Party. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. 0000012602 00000 n They raised the issue of caste discrimination and unequal opportunities in government employment and representation in elected bodies, which were dominated by Brahmins. 17. :^|; )"+e.replace(/([\.$? As part of the yearlong celebrations of the Justice Party, the centenary commencement of Proclamation of Non-brahmin Manifesto (20th December 1916) was celebrated on 20th December 2015 at Periyar Thidal, Chennai. She characterised the manifesto as "mischievous and unpatriotic" and claimed it had been authored by . But we cannot help calling attention to the highest appointments open to the Indian in this presidency and the principle upon which they are distributed. Since the Executive, Council of H. E. the Governor has been opened to Indians, three Indian gentlemen have been admitted into it in succession, the two latter being Brahmin lawyers, Of the live Indian Judges of the High Court, four of them, i.e. In these days of organised effort, they maintain no proper organisations for protecting and promoting their common interests and for preventing professional and other politicians, with hardly any corresponding stake in the country, from posing as their accredited spokesmen, Nor have they a press of their own to speak the truth on their behalf. <> Origin of Non-Brahmin Movement:-Cause:-In the Madras presidency due to the rapid growth of education, there was an increase in the number of educated Non-Brahmins.Reason:-Intense political and social activities politicized the educated Non-Brahmins to raise the issue of caste discrimination and unequal opportunities in Government employment and representation in the elected bodies which were . 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