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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;John Rathinam&#039;&#039;&#039; was the founder of &#039;&#039;Dravida Pandian&#039;&#039; magazine together with [[Iyothee Thass]] in 1885, focusing on the sufferings of the [[Untouchables (caste)|untouchables]] in [[Madras]].&lt;ref name=&quot;Basu2011&quot;&gt;{{cite book|author=Raj Sekhar Basu|title=Nandanar&#039;s Children: The Paraiyans&#039; Tryst with Destiny, Tamil Nadu 1850 - 1956|date=14 February 2011|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=9788132105145|page=174}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;Teltumbde2016&quot;&gt;{{cite book|author=Anand Teltumbde|title=Dalits: Past, present and future|date=19 August 2016|publisher=Taylor &amp; Francis|isbn=9781315526447|page=57}}&lt;/ref&gt; An &quot;untouchable covert&quot;,&lt;ref name=&quot;Kshīrasāgara1994&quot;&gt;{{cite book|author=Rāmacandra Kshīrasāgara|title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956|year=1994|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=9788185880433|page=134}}&lt;/ref&gt; throughout the 1880s he was involved in the promotion of education for &quot;the depressed classes&quot; within Madras.&lt;ref name=&quot;Teltumbde2016&quot;/&gt; Before founding the magazine, he founded an association for the promotion of welfare among them called &#039;&#039;Dravida Kazhgam&#039;&#039;.&lt;ref name=&quot;Basu2011&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Rathinam, John}}<br /> [[Category:Writers from Chennai]]<br /> [[Category:Indian publishers (people)]]<br /> [[Category:Year of death missing]]<br /> [[Category:Year of birth missing]]<br /> [[Category:Dalit writers]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-writer-stub}}</div>

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