| Office | President of the Dravidar Kazhagam
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| Term start | 25 December 1973 |
| Term end | 16 March 1978 |
| Predecessor | Periyar |
| Successor | K. Veeramani
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| Born | 1917-03-10 |
| Born | Vellore, Madras Presidency, British India Template:Smaller |
| Died | Template:Death date and age |
| Place of death | Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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| Political party | Dravidar Kazhagam |
| Spouse | Template:Unbulleted list
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| Occupation | Template:Hlist
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Erode Venkatappa Ramasami Maniammai (10 March 1917 – 16 March 1978) was a Dravidian social activist and politician. She was the second wife of Periyar and succeeded him as the president of the Dravidar Kazhagam upon his death in 1973.
Biography
Maniammai was born as Kanthimathi to Kanagasabai Mudaliar, who was a member of the Justice Party.[1][2] Soon after her father's death, she joined the Dravidar Kazhagam founded by Periyar in 1942–1943. Sources close to Periyar had indicated that Maniyammai, being a woman, could not be named his heir. So he took to the recourse of marrying her so that she could become his legal heir.[3] His marriage with a much younger Maniammai and his appointment of her as his successor shocked many of his party leaders.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
References
- ↑ Madras, Chennai: A 400-year Record of the First City of Modern India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Palaniappa Brothers(2008). ISBN 978-81-8379-468-8
- ↑ Periyar Drops a Bombshell. Tamil tribune.
- ↑ The September which split Dravidians: Periyar weds Maniyammai, DMK is born. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ↑ Mobilisation of Backward Communities in India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Deep & Deep(2004). ISBN 978-81-7629-588-8
- ↑ Atheism and Secularity [2 volumes]{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. ABC-CLIO(2009). ISBN 978-0-313-35182-2
- ↑ The Atheist{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Atheistic Centre(1978)
- ↑ An̲n̲ai Ī. Ve. Rā. Maṇiyammaiyārin̲ cintan̲ai muttukaḷ: an̲n̲aiyārin̲ kaṭṭuraikaḷ, pēccukaḷin̲ tokuppu{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Periyār Cuyamariyātaip Piraccāra Nir̲uvan̲a Veḷiyīṭu(1987)
- ↑ International Women's Day: Remembering Maniammai, the woman leader who shouldered Periyar's legacy, Govindarajan, Vinita. Scroll.in(8 Mar 2017). Retrieved 19 Apr 2023.
- ↑ Periyar & Maniammai's Marriage – Though Irrelevant, Let's Talk About It, Shall We?. Feminism in India(5 Jan 2021). Retrieved 19 Apr 2023.