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'''Madras Presidency Association''' was a faction within the [[Indian National Congress]] which existed before [[indian independence movement|indian independence]]. While [[Justice party (India)|Justice Party]] championed the cause of non-[[Brahmin]]s in [[Madras presidency]], non-Brahmins within the Congress party founded Madras Presidency Association (MPA).<br />
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== Formation ==<br />
It was established on 20 September 1917 at a meeting of non-Brahmin Congress leaders in Chennai.{{fact|date=August 2019}} Prominent leaders of the association were [[E. V. Ramasamy]], [[V. Kalyanasundaram]], [[P. Varadarajulu Naidu]] and [[Gooty Kesava Pillai]].{{fact|date=August 2019}} Kesava Pillai was the MPA's president and E. V. Ramasamy one of the vice presidents.{{fact|date=August 2019}} The MPA briefly published two journals - ''Indian Patriot'' in English and ''Deshabhaktan'' in [[Tamil language|Tamil]].{{fact|date=August 2019}}<br />
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== Dissolution ==<br />
After the [[Government of India Act 1919]] was passed, the MPA slowly disintegrated. Frustrated by the hostility of Brahmin Congress leaders' opposition to the MPA's demand of reservation of seats for non-Brahmins in the legislatures, Kesava Pillai resigned from the Congress and joined the Justice party.<ref>{{cite book | title=State Intervention and Popular Response: Western India at the nineteenth century| author=Mariam Dossal and Ruby Maloni| pages=220| publisher=Popular Prakashan private Ltd.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Ravichandran|first=R|author2=C. A. Perumal|title=Dravidar Kazhagam - A political study|location=Madras|chapter=2|url=http://dspace.vidyanidhi.org.in:8080/dspace/bitstream/2009/4724/6/MAU-1982-082-2.pdf|access-date=16 August 2010|publisher=[[Madras University]]| year=1982}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title=Political and Social Conflict in South India; The non-Brahmin movement and Tamil Separatism, 1916-1929| last=Irschick| first=Eugene F.| year=1969| oclc=249254802| publisher=[[University of California Press]]| url=http://history.berkeley.edu/faculty/Irschick/Politics.pdf| access-date=8 September 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001539/http://history.berkeley.edu/faculty/Irschick/Politics.pdf| archive-date=4 March 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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