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1. Sri. Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple. Madurai. 2. Sri. Kudalalagar Temple, Madurai 3. Sri. Sundaraja Perumal Temple, Madurai 4. Sri. Kalamega Perumal Temple, Madurai 5. Sri. Brahadeeswarar Temple, Tanjore 6. Sri. Tirucuttalanathar Swami Temple, Tirunelvely 7. Sri. Kasiviswanatha Temple, Tirunelvely. Following this a Harijan Welfare Committee \\.as constituted, urhich had the Chief Minister as Chairman. The other members \\.ere the ministers for Harijan Welfare, Director of Harijan Welfare, Social \iorkcrs. I-Xucational experts, and a few members of the Legislative and I'arliament we1.e also in thc committee. This committee was convened periodically and gaw valuable suggestions to the Government regarding the Scheduled Casks WclSare. '1'0 meet the growing problems of the Harijans, this Committee was reconstituted with 18 non-official members and 5 additional members. By way of eradication of untouchability 'Harijan Utsav' was celebrated from 24 September to 2 October every year. These days are historicall> important. On the 21 September Poona Pact was signed and on 26 Septernbcr it was ratified. On 30 September Harijan Seva Sangh was formed at Bombay and October is Mahatma Gandhiji's birthday. All these nine days were celebrated as Utsav by Tamil Nadu Harijan Seva Sangh from 1938." The Harijan Day was celebrated to impress upon all the people the imperative need
to remove untouchability and other disabilities and also to popularize the measure taken to uplift the Scheduled Castes. The 30'~ of every month bas ear marked for the celebration. It was celebrated in e\.er> town and village to promote amicable relationship between Scheduled Castes and caste l-~indus.'~ 119 Inspite of all these things caste atrocity prei~ailecl in Inan! placcs ill Madras state especially in the District ol' Coimbatorc and Ram;~nadapus;~lii in 1954. 29 To encourage the volunteers \vho \i,orkcd fbr thc rc'~~~i)\~;~l 01' untouchability the Government awarded 'Ciold Medals' irl recognitiori of' tlicis social services. Rajaji took the problems of the Scheduled Castes nor merely a problem of a particular caste or community but a problem ofthe nation. He carried our all these Welfare measures with a hope that if' these reached the Scliedulcd Caste properly in time, there would be no doubt that thcse ~vould a~llclioratc thc caste animosities. Rajaji's Concept of Education and the Uplift of Depressed Classes Rajaji insists the importance of learning like other thinkers of the world. He specifically says that education would elevate the depressed class people. Thiruvalluvar a unique thinker of Tamil Nadu says that only those who are learned posses the eyes and the unlearned only sores instead of eyes, in their face. He also says that numbers and letters are the eyes of the j~eople.
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Page 3 and 4: Those who adhere to the laws of Man
Page 5 and 6: "The worst was the position of sudr
Page 7 and 8: the Round Table Conference in 1930
Page 9 and 10: After that Periyar was called as "V
Page 11 and 12: Rajaji argued that the Municipal pr
Page 13 and 14: introduced by M.C.Rajah. The Bill w
Page 15: 1939. To ensure the removal of obst
Page 19 and 20: class were reluctant to send their
Page 21 and 22: 0.p.Ramaswamy Reddiar, enabled Raja
Page 23 and 24: education was not to aggravate the
Page 25 and 26: END NOTES Suddhananda Bharati, Thir
Page 27: Marimuthu, E. History of Education

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