Thatha Rettamalai Srinivasanar And Aranganayagi Ammal.

Thatha Rettamalai Srinivasanar and Aranganayagi Ammal.

Thatha Rettamalai Srinivasanar brought the rights that the Scheduled Classes to use the public roads, wells, tanks, etc in erstwhile Madras Presidency (Present-Day Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and parts of Kerala, Karnataka and Odisha):

When the Justice Party Ministry failed to eradicate the deep seated social injustices and social barriers, on 22nd August 1924, Thatha Srinivasanar moved an adjournment motion in the Madras Legislative Council recommending the Government that the members of the 'Depressed Classes' should be allowed freely on all common streets, roads, buildings to walk, then to be allowed to draw water from common wells etc. without any restrictions. Thereupon, the Government issued an order on 25th September 1924 regarding the use of public roads, wells, etc. by members of the Depressed Classes. This was accepted and a government order to this effect was issued in 1925. On the request of his wife Aranganayagi Ammal, he brought this resolution.