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| L. Ilayaperumal |
"What B. P. Mandal did for the OBC-Shudras, Elayaperumal did for Scheduled Classes in way back in 1969. However, given that Ilayaperumal was a dalit in the Congress, his report was never implemented by Indira Gandhi."
Name- Elayaperumal. Born - June 15,1924. Place- Kattumannar Koil near Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. Died- Sep 8th, 2005.
Facts:
* Agriculturist; Senate Member of Annamalai University; Member of Madras State SC Welfare Committee; President and Founder of Gandhi's Poor Boys and Girls Hostels, Kattumannar Koil;
* He was the chairman of the first ever national committee to inquire the educational and economical condition of the dalits. He toured extensively and submitted his report," Untouchability : Economic and Educational development of Scheduled castes" offering valuable recommendations for the uplift of dalits.
* Union government implemented the Mandal commission report in 1990 but not the Elayaperumal committee report.
* He was elected to Parliament thrice and Tamil Nadu Assembly once. And he was the State President of Congress in 1979.
Jai bheem..!
Please publish the report
ReplyDeleteAfter Ambethkar,m c Raja,sivaraj,Rettamalai,then L.Elayaperumal was giving the pressure to the Government continually. His committee report also till not implement by state and central govt.
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