Srinivasan (left) and Ambedkar (right) on a 2000 stamp of India
Born
(1860-07-07)7 July 1860
Madras Presidency, British India
Died
18 September 1945(1945-09-18) (aged 85)
Madras Presidency, British India
Occupation(s)
Lawyer, journalist and politician
Diwan Bahadur Rettamalai Srinivasan (7 July 1860 - 18 September 1945), commonly known as R. Srinivasan, was a Scheduled Caste activist and politician from then Madras Presidency of British India (now the Indian state of Tamil Nadu). He is a Paraiyar icon and was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and was also an associate of B. R. Ambedkar.[1] He is remembered today as one of the pioneers of the Scheduled caste movement in India. He founded the Adi dravida mahajana sabha in 1893.[2]
^"'Govt to celebrate Rettamalai Srinivasan's birthday'". The Hindu. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
^Cotextualizing scheduled caste Movement in South India, Pg 10
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