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Date "Dravida" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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| Adi Dravida | Adi Dravida is a term coined by E.V.Periyar, a Tamil philosopher, who opposed the caste system and division of people based on castes. (references) | ||
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) is a regional political party in Tamil Nadu state in India. The party is headed by J. Jayalalithaa, the present chief minister of the state. (references) | ||
| All Kerala M.G.R. Dravida Munnetra Party | All Kerala M.G.R. Dravida Munnetra Party, a political party working amongst the Tamil minority in the Indian state of Kerala. AKMDMP was formed as a splint of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. AKMDMP supported the widow of M.G. Ramachandran, Janaki Ramachandran. (references) | ||
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is a regional political party in the Tamil Nadu state of India. It was founded by C N Annadurai as a breakaway faction from Dravidar Kazhagam, headed by Periyar. The party is currently headed by M Karunanidhi, the former Chief Minister of the state. (references) | ||
| Dravida Nadu | Dravida nadu is a proposal put forward by C.N Annadurai and Ramasamy Naikar of Erode to group the Andrapradesh, Tamilnadu and Kerala together and declare it as an independent nation called Dravida Nadu. It was because all these present day provinces of today's India were a part of then Madras province also these three states were very much interdependent and also had so much common in culture and language .But for the lack of support and sudden split between him and C.N . (references) | ||
| Dravida Peravai | Dravida Peravai (Dravidian Front), is a political party in Pondicherry, India. The DP was formed in 1996 by a break-away faction of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. The Party claims to be a "green" party. The present Party General Secretary is N. Nandhivarman. The DP strives to unite Tamils and impart a scientific outlook for the enrichment of Tamil culture. The Party has fought for national projects like the Inter-linking of Indian Rivers, the Sedhusamudram Seaway and the Tenth Degree Canal, an Indo-Thailand joint venture. The DP is concerned about future continental and coastal changes affecting Tamil Nadu and Tamils. (references) | ||
| Dravida Vizhipunarchi Kazhagam | Dravida Vizhipunarchi Kazhagam (Dravidian Awareness Federation), political party in Tamil Nadu, India. The party president is B.T. Kumar. (references) | ||
| Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ), a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is led by Vaiko. The party was a member of the National Democratic Alliance until the winter of 2003. But although the party was participating in the national NDA-government, Vaiko was arrested for 19 months under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. (references) | ||
| MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M.G.R. Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, splinter-group of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. MGR ADMK was part of National Democratic Alliance and took part in the Central government of Atal Behari Vajpayee. The party was led by S. Thirunavukkarassu (Lok Sabha MP). (references) | ||
| Secular National Dravida Party | Secular National Dravida Party, was a political party in the Indian state of Kerala. The party was founded on January 7 2004 by elements of the Ezhava caste organization Ezhava Mahajana Sabha. Founding chairman was S. Suvarnakumar. The party professed itself to 'Sreenarayanism', the teachings of Shree Narayana Guru. The party also demanded higher representation for the Ezhava caste in the political process. (references) | ||
| Tamizhaga Dravida Makkal Katchi | Tamizhaga Dravida Makkal Katchi (Tamil Dravidian People's Party), political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The party general secretary is A. Gandhian. (references) | ||
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