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What was the Vaikom Satyagraha movement about?
What was the Vaikom Satyagraha movement about?
- Ending the prohibition on backward communities using the roads around the Vaikom Mahadeva temple (correct)
- Protesting against the government's taxation policies
- Demanding better healthcare facilities for the people in Kerala
- Fighting for the right to vote for women in India
Who supported the Vaikom Satyagraha movement?
Who supported the Vaikom Satyagraha movement?
- Only Hindu leaders from Kerala
- Only Christian leaders from Kerala
- Only Muslim leaders from Kerala
- Christian, Muslim, and Hindu leaders from different parts of India (correct)
What advice did Gandhi give regarding the Vaikom Satyagraha movement?
What advice did Gandhi give regarding the Vaikom Satyagraha movement?
- To continue the movement without any changes
- To temporarily stop the movement (correct)
- To escalate the movement with more aggressive tactics
- To negotiate with the government for a compromise
Who were the leaders arrested during the Vaikom Satyagraha movement?
Who were the leaders arrested during the Vaikom Satyagraha movement?
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Who came from Tamil Nadu to support the Vaikom Satyagraha movement?
Who came from Tamil Nadu to support the Vaikom Satyagraha movement?
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What is Vaikom associated with?
What is Vaikom associated with?
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What kind of troubles did the satyagrahis face during the Vaikom Satyagraha movement?
What kind of troubles did the satyagrahis face during the Vaikom Satyagraha movement?
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Study Notes
- Vaikom Satyagraha was a movement that started on March 30, 1924, to end the prohibition imposed on backward communities in using the roads around the Vaikom Mahadeva temple in Kerala, India.
- The Satyagrahis entered the temple and were resisted and arrested by the police.
- The movement gained prominence in the whole of India, and support came from far and wide, including Christian and Muslim leaders.
- The movement was taken back temporarily in April 1924 on Gandhi's advice.
- After discussions with caste Hindu people failed, the leaders again started the movement, and leaders T K Madhavan and K P Kesava Menon were arrested.
- E V Ramaswami Naicker (Periyar) came from Tamil Nadu to support the movement and was arrested.
- Vaikom is associated with writer Vaikom Mohammed Basheer, singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi and Vaikathappan, the deity of the Vaikom temple.
- March 30 marks the commencement of the centenary year of the Vaikom temple street entry movement, a milestone in temple entry movements in India.
- Tamil Nadu played a pivotal role in Vaikom Satyagraha, which symbolized a struggle by the "untouchables," and Periyar and Kovai Ayyamuthu worked in tandem with leaders in Kerala.
- The traditionalists caused many troubles for the satyagrahis, which included counter rallies marked by violence, and the resolution for the right to sanchara was defeated in the Assembly by the open support of the traditionalists and the indirect pressure of the government.
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