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by MulaiAzhagi Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:42 pm

During 1950s the DMK leaders were very voiceferous in their demand for a separate Tamil country. Hundreds of thousands of Tamil youth believed in this cause. Many of them made a lot of sacrifices agitating and going to jail forsaking their ambitions.

But when the Congress party passed a law banning any political party demanding seccession, the DMK leaders meekly gave up their demand. There was not even a murmur. They betrayed the youth and loyal party members. If they had really believed in the cause of an independent Tamil nation, they would kept on agitating. Instead they acceded merely because their greed for political power.

What do you think about this?

by Kayalvizhi Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:12 am

There is an excellent article discussing this

http://www.tamiltribune.com/03/1101.html

Abbreviations

Definition

Forewords

1. Introduction

2. Enslavement of the Tamil Nation

3. Early Calls for Tamil Nadu Independence

4. Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) and Tamil Nadu Independence

5. Birth of Dravida Munnertra Kazhagam (DMK) and Tamil Nadu Independence

6. DMK Meetings and Conferences on Dravida Nadu Independence

7. 1952 Election and Independence Demand

8. 1957 Election and Independence Demand

9. 1962 Election and Independence Demand

10. Thiruchengodu Bye-Election of 1962 and Independence Demand

11. Independence Demand in Annadurai's Parliamentary Speeches

12. Dravida Nadu or Tamil Nadu?

13. DMK Leaders' Commitment to Independence from India?

DMK had popular and charismatic leaders and a mass following. There were tens of thousands of committed Tamil Nationalists among DMK cadres who were willing to go to jail in a civil disobedience movement for independence. They could have nurtured the independence movement. Results of the 1962 general election and the Tiruchengodu bye-election showed that Tamil populace was not averse to independence (see Section 9 and 10). But DMK leaders abandoned it at the very first threat from Indian Government. However TamilNadu Independence Movement did not die with DMK's abandonment of the cause.

http://www.tamiltribune.com/03/1101.html

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