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Elayaperumal statue
July 24 , 2025
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- The CM Stalin inaugurated the memorial hall and statue of former Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president L. Elayaperumal, a prominent leader who belonged to the Scheduled Caste, in Chidambaram.
- The recommendations of the Committee on Untouchability, Economic and Educational Development of the Scheduled Castes, headed by L. Elayaperumal, formed the basis for the historic amendment to the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly in 1970.
- The fact that Elayaperumal was only 41 years old when he was appointed to head the eight-member committee in 1965, the first such in Independent India.
- The committee travelled across India and submitted its comprehensive findings in 1969.
- However, its recommendations were never implemented by the Union government.
- He was born on June 26, 1924, at Themmur near Chidambaram in Cuddalore district.
- He became an MP, contesting as a Congress candidate from Chidambaram (reserved) in the country’s first election in 1952, when he was just 27.
- Elayaperumal was the first recipient of the Annal Ambedkar Award instituted by the DMK government in 1998.
- He died on September 9, 2005.
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