Rise of Dravidian Parties To Power in Tamil Nadu - DMK's Involvement in Anti-Hindi Agitation

DMK's Involvement in Anti-Hindi Agitation

Although Annadurai had asked students to return to classes and leave the agitation, some high profile leaders in DMK were still active and popular within the students. One of them being Karunanidhi, who when was later arrested attained a status of “martyred hero”. However, although the party did not instigate the violence directly it had prepared the scene rather by accident, by nurturing the antipathy of the South to the North. Nevertheless, the Anti Hindi agitation and the popularity gained through it aided DMK to a great extent to win the 1967 general elections.

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