1989

 

At the end of the awareness campaign, it was decided to hold a huge demonstration in Dindigul to condemn the naming of Gaidee Millat.The then Superintendent of Police in Dindigul claimed to be Periyar's heir. The Superintendent of Police worked tirelessly to spoil the protest we had announced and to prevent the protest from happening anyway.

The protest was banned. Strict security was put in place to prevent anyone from entering the place where the protest was announced. Dindigul was so secure that no one could enter from anywhere.

At the time of the protest, Mr. Chidambaram, the then Secretary General of the State, disguised himself as the conductor, broke through the guard and chanted slogans.

It was like putting charcoal on the face of the ruling party. After that Dindigul became a land of great unrest. Chinnalapatti Nagarajan, who was trapped among the Muslims in the Begumpur area, was brutally murdered.After that there was a great Hindu uprising in the whole of Dindigul district.

When the DMK government was overthrown and elections were held, the name of Gaidee Millat was talked about as a major problem in Dindigul.

When the AIADMK government headed by Jayalalithaa took over in 1991, the DMK government immediately removed the Gaidemillath name from Dindigul.

Following the DMK's victory in the 1989 assembly elections, Dindigul district was renamed Gaithemillath.

The Hindu Front condemned it and joined the struggle.

Advocate Rajagopalan, who was the state president at the time, led the struggle.

At that time it was very difficult to run the movement. The situation where there was a lack of funds. It was decided that the entire district should go from village to village and campaign among the people about Gaidee Millat, creating an awareness among the people about the place where Gaidee Millat was placed for Dindigul district and thereby make the people go down to the field and fight to remove that name.

Then on the advice of Veerathuruvi Ramagopalan ji they had to carry the leaflet with them when they went from village to village. He also said that he would like to end the campaign with Tatum Dumler and ask for food at a house in the village. It was decided that the funds should also be collected from the people.

The state president, who was a lawyer, said Mr. Rajagopalan voluntarily took the plate and went to many villages to campaign and create awareness among the people about what people are giving.

At the end of that awareness campaign it was decided to hold a huge demonstration in Dindigul condemning the naming of Gaidee Millat.

The then Superintendent of Police in Dindigul claimed to be Periyar's heir.

The Superintendent of Police worked tirelessly to spoil the protest we had announced and to prevent the protest from happening anyway.

The protest was banned. Strict security was put in place to prevent anyone from entering the place where the protest was announced. Dindigul was so secure that no one could enter from anywhere.

At the time of the protest, Mr. Chidambaram, the then Secretary General of the State, disguised himself as the conductor, broke through the guard and chanted slogans.

It was like putting charcoal on the face of the ruling party.