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	\| caption = Srinivasan (left) and [[Ambedkar]] (right) on a 2000 stamp of India		\| caption = Srinivasan (left) and [[Ambedkar]] (right) on a 2000 stamp of India
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	'''Diwan Bahadur Rettamalai Srinivasan''' (~~1860–1945~~), commonly known as '''R. Srinivasan''', was a ~~[[Scheduled Caste]]~~ activist and politician from then [[Madras Presidency]] of [[British India]] (now the [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]). He is a [[Paraiyar]] icon and was a close associate of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and was also an associate of [[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar\|B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="Govt to celebrate">{{cite news \| title= 'Govt to celebrate Rettamalai Srinivasan's birthday' \| date=6 July 2011 \| url =https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/govt-to-celebrate-rettamalai-srinivasans-birthday/article2200160.ece \| work =The Hindu \| access-date = 3 November 2011}}</ref> He is remembered today as one of the pioneers of the Scheduled caste movement in India. He founded the Adi dravida mahajana sabha in 1893.<ref name="cotextualizingdalitmovementp10">[[#Cotextualizing Dalit ....(vikas)Movement in South India\|Cotextualizing scheduled caste Movement in South India]], Pg 10</ref>		'''[[Dewan Bahadur\|Diwan Bahadur]] Rettamalai Srinivasan''' (7 July 1860 – 18 September 1945), commonly known as '''R. Srinivasan''', was a scheduled caste activist and politician from then [[Madras Presidency]] of [[British India]] (now the [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]). He is a [[Paraiyar]] icon and was a close associate of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and was also an associate of [[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar\|B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="Govt to celebrate">{{cite news \| title= 'Govt to celebrate Rettamalai Srinivasan's birthday' \| date=6 July 2011 \| url =https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/govt-to-celebrate-rettamalai-srinivasans-birthday/article2200160.ece \| work =The Hindu \| access-date = 3 November 2011}}</ref> He is remembered today as one of the pioneers of the Scheduled caste movement in India. He founded the Adi dravida mahajana sabha in 1893.<ref name="cotextualizingdalitmovementp10">[[#Cotextualizing Dalit ....(vikas)Movement in South India\|Cotextualizing scheduled caste Movement in South India]], Pg 10</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==

	Rettamalai Srinivasan was born in 1860 in a poor Tamil family in Madras Presidency.<ref name="talismanpxxvi">[[#~~Talisman~~\|~~Talisman~~]], Pg xxvi</ref> His family was able to send him to a residential school in [[Coimbatore]] because of his father Rettamalai's trade relations with the British. He was the only ~~Paraiyer~~ student among the 400 pupils in the school. He then worked as an accountant at Ooty which was then the summer capital of the Madras presidency. Ooty was brimming with Dalit political activism then and Srinivasan grew interested.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Remembering Rettamalai Srinivasan, the Lasting Emblem of Dalit Political Aspiration\|url=https://thewire.in/caste/remembering-rettamalai-srinivasan-the-lasting-emblem-of-dalit-political-aspirations\|access-date=2021-09-18\|website=The Wire}}</ref>		Rettamalai Srinivasan was born on 7 July 1860<ref name="TheHindu-article2209812" /> (or 1859<ref name="TheHindu-article3800613"/><ref name="PT64"/>) in a poor Tamil family in Madras Presidency.<ref name="talismanpxxvi">[[#Thirumavalavan 2003\|Thirumavalavan 2003]], Pg xxvi</ref> His family was able to send him to a residential school in [[Coimbatore]] because of his father Rettamalai's trade relations with the British. He was the only [[Paraiyar]] student among the 400 pupils in the school. He then worked as an accountant at Ooty which was then the summer capital of the Madras presidency. Ooty was brimming with Dalit political activism then and Srinivasan grew interested.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Remembering Rettamalai Srinivasan, the Lasting Emblem of Dalit Political Aspiration\|url=https://thewire.in/caste/remembering-rettamalai-srinivasan-the-lasting-emblem-of-dalit-political-aspirations\|access-date=2021-09-18\|website=The Wire}}</ref>

	He was a brother-in-law of the famous scheduled castes activist [[Iyothee Thass]]. He worked as a translator in a South African court when Gandhi was practicing there as an advocate; he was instrumental in Mahathma Gandhi putting his signature in Tamil as "Mo.Ka. Gandhi" ([[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] in Tamil).<ref name="Govt to celebrate" /><ref name="uproothindutvap227">[[#Thirumavalavan\|Thirumavalavan]], Pg 227</ref>		He was a brother-in-law of the famous scheduled castes activist [[Iyothee Thass]]. He worked as a [[Translation\|translator]] in a South African court when Gandhi was practicing there as an advocate; he was instrumental in Mahathma Gandhi putting his signature in Tamil as "Mo.Ka. Gandhi" ([[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] in Tamil).<ref name="Govt to celebrate" /><ref name="uproothindutvap227">[[#Thirumavalavan 2004\|Thirumavalavan 2004]], Pg 227</ref>

	Srinivasan established and led the ''Paraiyar Mahajana Sabha'' in 1891<ref name="uproothindutvap44">[[#Thirumavalavan\|Thirumavalavan]], Pg 44</ref> which later became the ''Adi-Dravida Mahajana Sabha''.<ref name="uproothindutvap227" /><ref name="uproothindutvap44" /> He founded a Tamil newspaper called ''Paraiyan'' in October 1893<ref name="upismanpxxvii">[[#~~Talisman~~\|~~Talisman~~]], Pg xxvii</ref> which started selling as a monthly with four pages for the price of four annas.<ref name="21stcenturyjournalism66">{{cite book \| title=21st Century Journalism in India\| last=Rajan\| first=Nalini\| year=2007\| pages=66\| isbn=9780761935612}}</ref> However, ''Paraiyan'' experienced great difficulties in its early days.{{citation needed\|date=January 2018}}		Srinivasan established and led the ''Paraiyar Mahajana Sabha'' in 1891<ref name="uproothindutvap44">[[#Thirumavalavan 2004\|Thirumavalavan 2004]], Pg 44</ref> which later became the ''Adi-Dravida Mahajana Sabha''.<ref name="uproothindutvap227" /><ref name="uproothindutvap44" /> He founded a Tamil newspaper called ''Paraiyan'' in October 1893<ref name="upismanpxxvii">[[#Thirumavalavan 2003\|Thirumavalavan 2003]], Pg xxvii</ref> which started selling as a monthly with four pages for the price of four annas.<ref name="21stcenturyjournalism66">{{cite book \| title=21st Century Journalism in India\| last=Rajan\| first=Nalini\| year=2007\| pages=66\| isbn=9780761935612}}</ref> However, ''Paraiyan'' experienced great difficulties in its early days.{{citation needed\|date=January 2018}}

	Srinivasan was a participant in the freedom movement and an arrest warrant was issued against him claiming that he was fleeing the nation. In 1896, a case was filed against the newspaper and Srinivasan was dragged to the court citing a letter to the editor. The editor Srinivasan was fined {{INR}} 100 for his writings.<ref name="21stcenturyjournalism70">{{cite book \| title=21st Century Journalism in India\| last=Rajan\| first=Nalini\| year=2007\| pages=70\| isbn=9780761935612}}</ref>		Srinivasan was a participant in the freedom movement and an arrest warrant was issued against him claiming that he was fleeing the nation. In 1896, a case was filed against the newspaper and Srinivasan was dragged to the court citing a letter to the editor. The editor Srinivasan was fined {{INR}} 100 for his writings.<ref name="21stcenturyjournalism70">{{cite book \| title=21st Century Journalism in India\| last=Rajan\| first=Nalini\| year=2007\| pages=70\| isbn=9780761935612}}</ref>
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	==Round Table Conference==		==Round Table Conference==
	[[File:Thiru. Irattai malai Sreenivasan.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|Rettamalai Srinivasan memorial building, [[Gandhi Mandapam (Chennai)\|Gandhi Mandapam]], [[Chennai]].]]		[[File:Thiru. Irattai malai Sreenivasan.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|Rettamalai Srinivasan memorial building, [[Gandhi Mandapam (Chennai)\|Gandhi Mandapam]], [[Chennai]].]]
	Rettamalai Srinivasan represented the Paraiyars in the first two [[Round Table Conferences (India)\|Round Table Conferences]] in London (1930 and 1931) along with [[B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="cotextualizingdalitmovementp29">[[#Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India\|Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India]], Pg 29</ref> In 1932, Ambedkar, [[M. C. Rajah]] and Rettamalai Srinivasan briefly joined the board of the Servants of Untouchables Society established by Gandhi.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/a-saga-of-long-struggle/article2209812.ece A saga of long struggle ~~– TAMIL NADU –~~ The Hindu]</ref> In 1936, he established the Madras Province Scheduled Castes' Party.		Rettamalai Srinivasan represented the Paraiyars in the first two [[Round Table Conferences (India)\|Round Table Conferences]] in London (1930 and 1931) along with [[B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="cotextualizingdalitmovementp29">[[#Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India\|Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India]], Pg 29</ref> In 1932, Ambedkar, [[M. C. Rajah]] and Rettamalai Srinivasan briefly joined the board of the Servants of Untouchables Society established by Gandhi.<ref name="TheHindu-article2209812">{{cite news \|last1=Karthikeyan \|first1=D. \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/a-saga-of-long-struggle/article2209812.ece \|title=A saga of long struggle \|work=The Hindu \|date=7 July 2011 \|language=en-IN}}</ref> In 1936, he established the Madras Province Scheduled Castes' Party.{{citation needed\|date=July 2024}}


	In the Round Table Conference, he shared the dais with [[B. R. Ambedkar\|Ambedkar]] and continued to have interaction with him. But, he differed greatly with Ambedkar on the question of [[Untouchables (caste)\|untouchables]] converting to other religions. In the Yeola Conference in 1935, Ambedkar thundered "I was born as a Hindu, I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu". Rettamalai Srinivasan said, "[[Depressed class\|Depressed Classes]] are not in the Hindu fold. They are full blooded [[Dravidian peoples\|Dravidian]] in race".<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Kolappan\|first=B.\|date=2012-08-21\|title=Little-known facts about a well-known leader\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/littleknown-facts-about-a-wellknown-leader/article3800613.ece\|access-date=2021-09-18\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		In the Round Table Conference, he shared the dais with [[B. R. Ambedkar\|Ambedkar]] and continued to have interaction with him. But, he differed greatly with Ambedkar on the question of [[Untouchables (caste)\|untouchables]] converting to other religions. In the Yeola Conference in 1935, Ambedkar thundered "I was born as a Hindu, I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu". Rettamalai Srinivasan said, "[[Depressed class\|Depressed Classes]] are not in the Hindu fold. They are full blooded [[Dravidian peoples\|Dravidian]] in race".<ref name="TheHindu-article3800613">{{Cite news\|last=Kolappan\|first=B.\|date=2012-08-21\|title=Little-known facts about a well-known leader\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/littleknown-facts-about-a-wellknown-leader/article3800613.ece\|access-date=2021-09-18\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	In 1936 he was conferred to the title of '[[Dewan Bahadur\|Diwan Bahadur]]' by British government for his service to Depressed Classes.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Teltumbde\|first=Anand\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZXgDAAAQBAJ&q=diwan+bahadur+rettamalai+srinivasan&pg=PT64\|title=Dalits: Past, present and future\|date=2016-08-19\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-315-52643-0\|language=en}}</ref>		In 1936 he was conferred to the title of '[[Dewan Bahadur\|Diwan Bahadur]]' by British government for his service to Depressed Classes.<ref name="PT64">{{Cite book\|last=Teltumbde\|first=Anand\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZXgDAAAQBAJ&q=diwan+bahadur+rettamalai+srinivasan&pg=PT64\|title=Dalits: Past, present and future\|date=2016-08-19\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-315-52643-0\|language=en}}</ref>

	==Memorials==		==Memorials==
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	==References==		==References==

	* {{cite book \| title=Talisman, Extreme Emotions of Dalit Liberation: Extreme Emotions of Dalit Liberation\| last=Thirumavalavan\| first=Thol\|author2=Meena Kandasamy \| year=2003\|publisher=Popular Prakashan\| isbn=978-81-85604-68-8\|ref=~~Talisman~~}}		* {{cite book \| title=Talisman, Extreme Emotions of Dalit Liberation: Extreme Emotions of Dalit Liberation\| last=Thirumavalavan\| first=Thol\|author2=Meena Kandasamy \| year=2003\|publisher=Popular Prakashan\| isbn=978-81-85604-68-8\|ref=Thirumavalavan 2003 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsE2KwKwh0YC}}
	* {{cite book \| title=Uproot Hindutva: The Fiery Voice of the Liberation Panthers\| last=Thirumavalavan\| first=Thol\|author2=Meena Kandasamy \| year=2004\|publisher=Popular Prakashan\| isbn=978-81-85604-79-4\|ref=Thirumavalavan}}		* {{cite book \| title=Uproot Hindutva: The Fiery Voice of the Liberation Panthers\| last=Thirumavalavan\| first=Thol\|author2=Meena Kandasamy \| year=2004\|publisher=Popular Prakashan\| isbn=978-81-85604-79-4\|ref=Thirumavalavan 2004 \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HfNRO-LtsN4C }}
	*{{cite journal \| title=Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India\| journal=Vikalp\| year=2005\| url=http://vakindia.org/archives/Vikalp-Aug2005.pdf\|ref=Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India}}		*{{cite journal\| title=Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India\| journal=Vikalp\| year=2005\| url=http://vakindia.org/archives/Vikalp-Aug2005.pdf\| ref=Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India\| archive-date=13 April 2016\| access-date=12 October 2008\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413175129/http://vakindia.org/archives/Vikalp-Aug2005.pdf\| url-status=dead}}

	==Further reading==		==Further reading==
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	* {{cite book \| title=Scheduled Castes, History of Elevation, Tamil Nadu, 1900–1955: History of Elevation, Tamil Nadu, 2000–2015\| last=Mohan\| first=Pullam Ethiraj\| year=1993\| publisher=New Era Publications}}		* {{cite book \| title=Scheduled Castes, History of Elevation, Tamil Nadu, 1900–1955: History of Elevation, Tamil Nadu, 2000–2015\| last=Mohan\| first=Pullam Ethiraj\| year=1993\| publisher=New Era Publications}}

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	'''Diwan Bahadur Rettamalai Srinivasan''' (1860–1945), commonly known as '''R. Srinivasan''', was a [[Scheduled Caste]] activist and politician from then [[Madras Presidency]] of [[British India]] (now the [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]). He is a Paraiyar icon and was a close associate of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and was also an associate of [[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar\|B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="Govt to celebrate">{{cite news \| title= 'Govt to celebrate Rettamalai Srinivasan's birthday' \| date=6 July 2011 \| url =https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/govt-to-celebrate-rettamalai-srinivasans-birthday/article2200160.ece \| work =The Hindu \| access-date = 3 November 2011}}</ref> He is remembered today as one of the pioneers of the Scheduled caste movement in India. He founded the Adi dravida mahajana sabha in 1893.<ref name="cotextualizingdalitmovementp10">[[#Cotextualizing Dalit ....(vikas)Movement in South India\|Cotextualizing scheduled caste Movement in South India]], Pg 10</ref>		'''Diwan Bahadur Rettamalai Srinivasan''' (1860–1945), commonly known as '''R. Srinivasan''', was a [[Scheduled Caste]] activist and politician from then [[Madras Presidency]] of [[British India]] (now the [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]). He is a [[Paraiyar]] icon and was a close associate of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and was also an associate of [[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar\|B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="Govt to celebrate">{{cite news \| title= 'Govt to celebrate Rettamalai Srinivasan's birthday' \| date=6 July 2011 \| url =https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/govt-to-celebrate-rettamalai-srinivasans-birthday/article2200160.ece \| work =The Hindu \| access-date = 3 November 2011}}</ref> He is remembered today as one of the pioneers of the Scheduled caste movement in India. He founded the Adi dravida mahajana sabha in 1893.<ref name="cotextualizingdalitmovementp10">[[#Cotextualizing Dalit ....(vikas)Movement in South India\|Cotextualizing scheduled caste Movement in South India]], Pg 10</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==

	Rettamalai Srinivasan was born in 1860 in a poor Tamil family in Madras Presidency.<ref name="talismanpxxvi">[[#Talisman\|Talisman]], Pg xxvi</ref> His family was able to send him to a residential school in [[Coimbatore]] because of his father Rettamalai's trade relations with the British. He was the only ~~Dalit~~ student among the 400 pupils in the school. He then worked as an accountant at Ooty which was then the summer capital of the Madras presidency. Ooty was brimming with Dalit political activism then and Srinivasan grew interested.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Remembering Rettamalai Srinivasan, the Lasting Emblem of Dalit Political Aspiration\|url=https://thewire.in/caste/remembering-rettamalai-srinivasan-the-lasting-emblem-of-dalit-political-aspirations\|access-date=2021-09-18\|website=The Wire}}</ref>		Rettamalai Srinivasan was born in 1860 in a poor Tamil family in Madras Presidency.<ref name="talismanpxxvi">[[#Talisman\|Talisman]], Pg xxvi</ref> His family was able to send him to a residential school in [[Coimbatore]] because of his father Rettamalai's trade relations with the British. He was the only Paraiyer student among the 400 pupils in the school. He then worked as an accountant at Ooty which was then the summer capital of the Madras presidency. Ooty was brimming with Dalit political activism then and Srinivasan grew interested.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Remembering Rettamalai Srinivasan, the Lasting Emblem of Dalit Political Aspiration\|url=https://thewire.in/caste/remembering-rettamalai-srinivasan-the-lasting-emblem-of-dalit-political-aspirations\|access-date=2021-09-18\|website=The Wire}}</ref>

	He was a brother-in-law of the famous scheduled castes activist [[Iyothee Thass]]. He worked as a translator in a South African court when Gandhi was practicing there as an advocate; he was instrumental in Mahathma Gandhi putting his signature in Tamil as "Mo.Ka. Gandhi" ([[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] in Tamil).<ref name="Govt to celebrate" /><ref name="uproothindutvap227">[[#Thirumavalavan\|Thirumavalavan]], Pg 227</ref>		He was a brother-in-law of the famous scheduled castes activist [[Iyothee Thass]]. He worked as a translator in a South African court when Gandhi was practicing there as an advocate; he was instrumental in Mahathma Gandhi putting his signature in Tamil as "Mo.Ka. Gandhi" ([[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] in Tamil).<ref name="Govt to celebrate" /><ref name="uproothindutvap227">[[#Thirumavalavan\|Thirumavalavan]], Pg 227</ref>
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	==Round Table Conference==		==Round Table Conference==
	[[File:Thiru. Irattai malai Sreenivasan.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|Rettamalai Srinivasan memorial building, [[Gandhi Mandapam (Chennai)\|Gandhi Mandapam]], [[Chennai]].]]		[[File:Thiru. Irattai malai Sreenivasan.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|Rettamalai Srinivasan memorial building, [[Gandhi Mandapam (Chennai)\|Gandhi Mandapam]], [[Chennai]].]]
	Rettamalai Srinivasan represented the Paraiyars in the first two [[Round Table Conferences (India)\|Round Table Conferences]] in London (1930 and 1931) along with [[~~Dr.~~ B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="cotextualizingdalitmovementp29">[[#Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India\|Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India]], Pg 29</ref> In 1932, Ambedkar, [[M. C. Rajah]] and Rettamalai Srinivasan briefly joined the board of the Servants of Untouchables Society established by Gandhi.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/a-saga-of-long-struggle/article2209812.ece A saga of long struggle – TAMIL NADU – The Hindu]</ref> In 1936, he established the Madras Province Scheduled Castes' Party.		Rettamalai Srinivasan represented the Paraiyars in the first two [[Round Table Conferences (India)\|Round Table Conferences]] in London (1930 and 1931) along with [[B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="cotextualizingdalitmovementp29">[[#Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India\|Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India]], Pg 29</ref> In 1932, Ambedkar, [[M. C. Rajah]] and Rettamalai Srinivasan briefly joined the board of the Servants of Untouchables Society established by Gandhi.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/a-saga-of-long-struggle/article2209812.ece A saga of long struggle – TAMIL NADU – The Hindu]</ref> In 1936, he established the Madras Province Scheduled Castes' Party.

	In the Round Table Conference, he shared the dais with [[B. R. Ambedkar\|Ambedkar]] and continued to have interaction with him. But, he differed greatly with Ambedkar on the question of [[Untouchables (caste)\|untouchables]] converting to other religions. In the Yeola Conference in 1935, Ambedkar thundered “I was born as a Hindu, I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a ~~Hindu”~~. Rettamalai Srinivasan said, “[[Depressed class\|Depressed Classes]] are not in the Hindu fold. They are full blooded [[Dravidian peoples\|Dravidian]] in ~~race”~~.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Kolappan\|first=B.\|date=2012-08-21\|title=Little-known facts about a well-known leader\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/littleknown-facts-about-a-wellknown-leader/article3800613.ece\|access-date=2021-09-18\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		In the Round Table Conference, he shared the dais with [[B. R. Ambedkar\|Ambedkar]] and continued to have interaction with him. But, he differed greatly with Ambedkar on the question of [[Untouchables (caste)\|untouchables]] converting to other religions. In the Yeola Conference in 1935, Ambedkar thundered "I was born as a Hindu, I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu". Rettamalai Srinivasan said, "[[Depressed class\|Depressed Classes]] are not in the Hindu fold. They are full blooded [[Dravidian peoples\|Dravidian]] in race".<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Kolappan\|first=B.\|date=2012-08-21\|title=Little-known facts about a well-known leader\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/littleknown-facts-about-a-wellknown-leader/article3800613.ece\|access-date=2021-09-18\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	In 1936 he was conferred to the title of '[[Dewan Bahadur\|Diwan Bahadur]]' by British ~~govt.~~ for his service to Depressed Classes.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Teltumbde\|first=Anand\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZXgDAAAQBAJ&q=diwan+bahadur+rettamalai+srinivasan&pg=PT64\|title=Dalits: Past, present and future\|date=2016-08-19\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-315-52643-0\|language=en}}</ref>		In 1936 he was conferred to the title of '[[Dewan Bahadur\|Diwan Bahadur]]' by British government for his service to Depressed Classes.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Teltumbde\|first=Anand\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZXgDAAAQBAJ&q=diwan+bahadur+rettamalai+srinivasan&pg=PT64\|title=Dalits: Past, present and future\|date=2016-08-19\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-315-52643-0\|language=en}}</ref>

	==Memorials==		==Memorials==

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	'''Diwan Bahadur Rettamalai Srinivasan''' (1860–1945), commonly known as '''R. Srinivasan''', was a [[Scheduled Caste]] activist and politician from then [[Madras Presidency]] of [[British India]] (now the [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]). He is a ~~Dalit~~ icon and was a close associate of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and was also an associate of [[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="Govt to celebrate">{{cite news \| title= 'Govt to celebrate Rettamalai Srinivasan's birthday' \| date=6 July 2011 \| url =https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/govt-to-celebrate-rettamalai-srinivasans-birthday/article2200160.ece \| work =The Hindu \| access-date = 3 November 2011}}</ref> He is remembered today as one of the pioneers of the Scheduled caste movement in India. He founded the Adi dravida mahajana sabha in 1893.<ref name="cotextualizingdalitmovementp10">[[#Cotextualizing Dalit ....(vikas)Movement in South India\|Cotextualizing scheduled caste Movement in South India]], Pg 10</ref>		'''Diwan Bahadur Rettamalai Srinivasan''' (1860–1945), commonly known as '''R. Srinivasan''', was a [[Scheduled Caste]] activist and politician from then [[Madras Presidency]] of [[British India]] (now the [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]). He is a Paraiyar icon and was a close associate of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and was also an associate of [[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar\|B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="Govt to celebrate">{{cite news \| title= 'Govt to celebrate Rettamalai Srinivasan's birthday' \| date=6 July 2011 \| url =https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/govt-to-celebrate-rettamalai-srinivasans-birthday/article2200160.ece \| work =The Hindu \| access-date = 3 November 2011}}</ref> He is remembered today as one of the pioneers of the Scheduled caste movement in India. He founded the Adi dravida mahajana sabha in 1893.<ref name="cotextualizingdalitmovementp10">[[#Cotextualizing Dalit ....(vikas)Movement in South India\|Cotextualizing scheduled caste Movement in South India]], Pg 10</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==

	Rettamalai Srinivasan was born in 1860 in a poor Tamil family in Madras Presidency.<ref name="talismanpxxvi">[[#Talisman\|Talisman]], Pg xxvi</ref> He was a brother-in-law of the famous scheduled castes activist [[Iyothee Thass]]. He worked as a translator in a South African court when Gandhi was practicing there as an advocate; he was instrumental in ~~the father of the nation~~ putting his signature in Tamil as "Mo.Ka. Gandhi" ([[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] in Tamil).<ref name="Govt to celebrate"/><ref name="uproothindutvap227">[[#Thirumavalavan\|Thirumavalavan]], Pg 227</ref>		Rettamalai Srinivasan was born in 1860 in a poor Tamil family in Madras Presidency.<ref name="talismanpxxvi">[[#Talisman\|Talisman]], Pg xxvi</ref> His family was able to send him to a residential school in [[Coimbatore]] because of his father Rettamalai's trade relations with the British. He was the only Dalit student among the 400 pupils in the school. He then worked as an accountant at Ooty which was then the summer capital of the Madras presidency. Ooty was brimming with Dalit political activism then and Srinivasan grew interested.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Remembering Rettamalai Srinivasan, the Lasting Emblem of Dalit Political Aspiration\|url=https://thewire.in/caste/remembering-rettamalai-srinivasan-the-lasting-emblem-of-dalit-political-aspirations\|access-date=2021-09-18\|website=The Wire}}</ref>

			He was a brother-in-law of the famous scheduled castes activist [[Iyothee Thass]]. He worked as a translator in a South African court when Gandhi was practicing there as an advocate; he was instrumental in Mahathma Gandhi putting his signature in Tamil as "Mo.Ka. Gandhi" ([[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] in Tamil).<ref name="Govt to celebrate" /><ref name="uproothindutvap227">[[#Thirumavalavan\|Thirumavalavan]], Pg 227</ref>

	Srinivasan established and led the ''Paraiyar Mahajana Sabha'' in 1891<ref name="uproothindutvap44">[[#Thirumavalavan\|Thirumavalavan]], Pg 44</ref> which later became the ''Adi-Dravida Mahajana Sabha''.<ref name="uproothindutvap227" /><ref name="uproothindutvap44" /> He founded a Tamil newspaper called ''Paraiyan'' in October 1893<ref name="upismanpxxvii">[[#Talisman\|Talisman]], Pg xxvii</ref> which started selling as a monthly with four pages for the price of four annas.<ref name="21stcenturyjournalism66">{{cite book \| title=21st Century Journalism in India\| last=Rajan\| first=Nalini\| year=2007\| pages=66\| isbn=9780761935612}}</ref> However, ''Paraiyan'' experienced great difficulties in its early days.{{citation needed\|date=January 2018}}		Srinivasan established and led the ''Paraiyar Mahajana Sabha'' in 1891<ref name="uproothindutvap44">[[#Thirumavalavan\|Thirumavalavan]], Pg 44</ref> which later became the ''Adi-Dravida Mahajana Sabha''.<ref name="uproothindutvap227" /><ref name="uproothindutvap44" /> He founded a Tamil newspaper called ''Paraiyan'' in October 1893<ref name="upismanpxxvii">[[#Talisman\|Talisman]], Pg xxvii</ref> which started selling as a monthly with four pages for the price of four annas.<ref name="21stcenturyjournalism66">{{cite book \| title=21st Century Journalism in India\| last=Rajan\| first=Nalini\| year=2007\| pages=66\| isbn=9780761935612}}</ref> However, ''Paraiyan'' experienced great difficulties in its early days.{{citation needed\|date=January 2018}}
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	[[File:Thiru. Irattai malai Sreenivasan.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|Rettamalai Srinivasan memorial building, [[Gandhi Mandapam (Chennai)\|Gandhi Mandapam]], [[Chennai]].]]		[[File:Thiru. Irattai malai Sreenivasan.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|Rettamalai Srinivasan memorial building, [[Gandhi Mandapam (Chennai)\|Gandhi Mandapam]], [[Chennai]].]]
	Rettamalai Srinivasan represented the Paraiyars in the first two [[Round Table Conferences (India)\|Round Table Conferences]] in London (1930 and 1931) along with [[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="cotextualizingdalitmovementp29">[[#Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India\|Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India]], Pg 29</ref> In 1932, Ambedkar, [[M. C. Rajah]] and Rettamalai Srinivasan briefly joined the board of the Servants of Untouchables Society established by Gandhi.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/a-saga-of-long-struggle/article2209812.ece A saga of long struggle – TAMIL NADU – The Hindu]</ref> In 1936, he established the Madras Province Scheduled Castes' Party.		Rettamalai Srinivasan represented the Paraiyars in the first two [[Round Table Conferences (India)\|Round Table Conferences]] in London (1930 and 1931) along with [[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="cotextualizingdalitmovementp29">[[#Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India\|Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India]], Pg 29</ref> In 1932, Ambedkar, [[M. C. Rajah]] and Rettamalai Srinivasan briefly joined the board of the Servants of Untouchables Society established by Gandhi.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/a-saga-of-long-struggle/article2209812.ece A saga of long struggle – TAMIL NADU – The Hindu]</ref> In 1936, he established the Madras Province Scheduled Castes' Party.

			In the Round Table Conference, he shared the dais with [[B. R. Ambedkar\|Ambedkar]] and continued to have interaction with him. But, he differed greatly with Ambedkar on the question of [[Untouchables (caste)\|untouchables]] converting to other religions. In the Yeola Conference in 1935, Ambedkar thundered “I was born as a Hindu, I solemnly assure you that I will not die as a Hindu”. Rettamalai Srinivasan said, “[[Depressed class\|Depressed Classes]] are not in the Hindu fold. They are full blooded [[Dravidian peoples\|Dravidian]] in race”.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Kolappan\|first=B.\|date=2012-08-21\|title=Little-known facts about a well-known leader\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/littleknown-facts-about-a-wellknown-leader/article3800613.ece\|access-date=2021-09-18\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	In 1936 he was conferred to the title of '[[Dewan Bahadur\|Diwan Bahadur]]' by British govt. for his service to Depressed Classes.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Teltumbde\|first=Anand\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZXgDAAAQBAJ&q=diwan+bahadur+rettamalai+srinivasan&pg=PT64\|title=Dalits: Past, present and future\|date=2016-08-19\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-315-52643-0\|language=en}}</ref>		In 1936 he was conferred to the title of '[[Dewan Bahadur\|Diwan Bahadur]]' by British govt. for his service to Depressed Classes.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Teltumbde\|first=Anand\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZXgDAAAQBAJ&q=diwan+bahadur+rettamalai+srinivasan&pg=PT64\|title=Dalits: Past, present and future\|date=2016-08-19\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-315-52643-0\|language=en}}</ref>
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	==Memorials==		==Memorials==
	[[File:Statue of Thiru. Irattai malai Sreenivasan.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|Statue of Rettamalai Srinivasan, Gandhi Mandapam, Chennai]]		[[File:Statue of Thiru. Irattai malai Sreenivasan.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|Statue of Rettamalai Srinivasan, Gandhi Mandapam, Chennai]]
	Commemorative stamps have been issued in memory of Rettamalai Srinivasan by the Department of Posts of the Government of India.<ref>{{cite news \| title= No rules violated in stamp release function \| date=19 August 2004 \| url =http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/08/19/stories/2004081914971200.htm \| work =The Hindu \| access-date = 9 October 2008}}</ref> Cadres of the [[Viduthalai Siruthaigal]] party claimed to have discovered the remains of the Paraiyar leader in [[Otteri]] and constructed a memorial over his mortal remains and named it ''Urimai Kalam''.<ref name="uproothindutvap44" /> On 6 July 2011, Chief Minister [[J Jayalalithaa]] had directed that his birth anniversary on 7 July be observed as a government function and ministers to honour him by garlanding his statue located inside [[Gandhi Mandapam (Chennai)\|Gandhi Mandapam]], Chennai.<ref name="Govt to celebrate"/>		Commemorative stamps have been issued in memory of Rettamalai Srinivasan by the Department of Posts of the Government of India.<ref>{{cite news \| title= No rules violated in stamp release function \| date=19 August 2004 \| url =http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/08/19/stories/2004081914971200.htm \| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090629175824/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/08/19/stories/2004081914971200.htm \| url-status =usurped \| archive-date =29 June 2009 \| work =The Hindu \| access-date = 9 October 2008}}</ref> Cadres of the [[Viduthalai Siruthaigal]] party claimed to have discovered the remains of the Paraiyar leader in [[Otteri]] and constructed a memorial over his mortal remains and named it ''Urimai Kalam''.<ref name="uproothindutvap44" /> On 6 July 2011, Chief Minister [[J Jayalalithaa]] had directed that his birth anniversary on 7 July be observed as a government function and ministers to honour him by garlanding his statue located inside [[Gandhi Mandapam (Chennai)\|Gandhi Mandapam]], Chennai.<ref name="Govt to celebrate"/>

	His grandson [[B. Parameswaran]] became a minister in the Government of Tamil Nadu and a member of the Indian parliament.		His grandson [[B. Parameswaran]] became a minister in the Government of Tamil Nadu and a member of the Indian parliament.

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'''Diwan Bahadur Rettamalai Srinivasan''' (1860–1945), commonly known as '''R. Srinivasan''', was a [[Scheduled Caste]] activist and politician from then [[Madras Presidency]] of [[British India]] (now the [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]). He is a Dalit icon and was a close associate of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and was also an associate of [[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="Govt to celebrate">{{cite news | title= 'Govt to celebrate Rettamalai Srinivasan's birthday' | date=6 July 2011 | url =https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/govt-to-celebrate-rettamalai-srinivasans-birthday/article2200160.ece | work =The Hindu | access-date = 3 November 2011}}</ref> He is remembered today as one of the pioneers of the Scheduled caste movement in India. He founded the Adi dravida mahajana sabha in 1893.<ref name="cotextualizingdalitmovementp10">[[#Cotextualizing Dalit ....(vikas)Movement in South India|Cotextualizing scheduled caste Movement in South India]], Pg 10</ref>

==Early life==

Rettamalai Srinivasan was born in 1860 in a poor Tamil family in Madras Presidency.<ref name="talismanpxxvi">[[#Talisman|Talisman]], Pg xxvi</ref> He was a brother-in-law of the famous scheduled castes activist [[Iyothee Thass]]. He worked as a translator in a South African court when Gandhi was practicing there as an advocate; he was instrumental in the father of the nation putting his signature in Tamil as "Mo.Ka. Gandhi" ([[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] in Tamil).<ref name="Govt to celebrate"/><ref name="uproothindutvap227">[[#Thirumavalavan|Thirumavalavan]], Pg 227</ref>

Srinivasan established and led the ''Paraiyar Mahajana Sabha'' in 1891<ref name="uproothindutvap44">[[#Thirumavalavan|Thirumavalavan]], Pg 44</ref> which later became the ''Adi-Dravida Mahajana Sabha''.<ref name="uproothindutvap227" /><ref name="uproothindutvap44" /> He founded a Tamil newspaper called ''Paraiyan'' in October 1893<ref name="upismanpxxvii">[[#Talisman|Talisman]], Pg xxvii</ref> which started selling as a monthly with four pages for the price of four annas.<ref name="21stcenturyjournalism66">{{cite book | title=21st Century Journalism in India| last=Rajan| first=Nalini| year=2007| pages=66| isbn=9780761935612}}</ref> However, ''Paraiyan'' experienced great difficulties in its early days.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

Srinivasan was a participant in the freedom movement and an arrest warrant was issued against him claiming that he was fleeing the nation. In 1896, a case was filed against the newspaper and Srinivasan was dragged to the court citing a letter to the editor. The editor Srinivasan was fined {{INR}} 100 for his writings.<ref name="21stcenturyjournalism70">{{cite book | title=21st Century Journalism in India| last=Rajan| first=Nalini| year=2007| pages=70| isbn=9780761935612}}</ref>
[[File:Paraiyan magazine.jpg|thumb|left|Front page of the Tamil magazine ''Paraiyan'' launched by Rettamalai Srinivasan in 1893]]

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[[File:Thiru. Irattai malai Sreenivasan.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Rettamalai Srinivasan memorial building, [[Gandhi Mandapam (Chennai)|Gandhi Mandapam]], [[Chennai]].]]
Rettamalai Srinivasan represented the Paraiyars in the first two [[Round Table Conferences (India)|Round Table Conferences]] in London (1930 and 1931) along with [[Dr. B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="cotextualizingdalitmovementp29">[[#Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India|Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India]], Pg 29</ref> In 1932, Ambedkar, [[M. C. Rajah]] and Rettamalai Srinivasan briefly joined the board of the Servants of Untouchables Society established by Gandhi.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/a-saga-of-long-struggle/article2209812.ece A saga of long struggle – TAMIL NADU – The Hindu]</ref> In 1936, he established the Madras Province Scheduled Castes' Party.

In 1936 he was conferred to the title of '[[Dewan Bahadur|Diwan Bahadur]]' by British govt. for his service to Depressed Classes.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Teltumbde|first=Anand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZXgDAAAQBAJ&q=diwan+bahadur+rettamalai+srinivasan&pg=PT64|title=Dalits: Past, present and future|date=2016-08-19|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-315-52643-0|language=en}}</ref>

==Memorials==
[[File:Statue of Thiru. Irattai malai Sreenivasan.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Statue of Rettamalai Srinivasan, Gandhi Mandapam, Chennai]]
Commemorative stamps have been issued in memory of Rettamalai Srinivasan by the Department of Posts of the Government of India.<ref>{{cite news | title= No rules violated in stamp release function | date=19 August 2004 | url =http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/08/19/stories/2004081914971200.htm | work =The Hindu | access-date = 9 October 2008}}</ref> Cadres of the [[Viduthalai Siruthaigal]] party claimed to have discovered the remains of the Paraiyar leader in [[Otteri]] and constructed a memorial over his mortal remains and named it ''Urimai Kalam''.<ref name="uproothindutvap44" /> On 6 July 2011, Chief Minister [[J Jayalalithaa]] had directed that his birth anniversary on 7 July be observed as a government function and ministers to honour him by garlanding his statue located inside [[Gandhi Mandapam (Chennai)|Gandhi Mandapam]], Chennai.<ref name="Govt to celebrate"/>

His grandson [[B. Parameswaran]] became a minister in the Government of Tamil Nadu and a member of the Indian parliament.

==Notes==

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==References==

* {{cite book | title=Talisman, Extreme Emotions of Dalit Liberation: Extreme Emotions of Dalit Liberation| last=Thirumavalavan| first=Thol|author2=Meena Kandasamy | year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan| isbn=978-81-85604-68-8|ref=Talisman}}
* {{cite book | title=Uproot Hindutva: The Fiery Voice of the Liberation Panthers| last=Thirumavalavan| first=Thol|author2=Meena Kandasamy | year=2004|publisher=Popular Prakashan| isbn=978-81-85604-79-4|ref=Thirumavalavan}}
*{{cite journal | title=Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India| journal=Vikalp| year=2005| url=http://vakindia.org/archives/Vikalp-Aug2005.pdf|ref=Cotextualizing Dalit Movement in South India}}

==Further reading==
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* {{cite book | title=History of Dalit Struggle for Freedom: Dravidian Parties and Dalit Uprise in Tamil Nadu| last=Mohan| first=J. | year=2001| publisher=Dhamma Institute of Social Sciences}}
* {{cite book | title=Scheduled Castes, History of Elevation, Tamil Nadu, 1900–1955: History of Elevation, Tamil Nadu, 2000–2015| last=Mohan| first=Pullam Ethiraj| year=1993| publisher=New Era Publications}}

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