(ii) Some sections of the movement had ambitions of creating a Dravid Nation.
(iii) It did not take up arms and used democratic means like public debates and the electoral platform to achieve its ends.
(iv) The movement acquired political power in the State and also became influential at the national level.
(v) It led to the formation of Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) under the leadership of Tamil social reformer E.V. Ramasami ‘Periyar’.
(vi) It strongly opposed the Brahmins’ dominance.
(vii) It affirmed regional pride against the political, economic and cultural domination of the North.
(viii) The DK split and the political legacy of the movement was transferred to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam which fought various agitation’s viz. restoration of the regional name of Kallakudi railway station, to give Tamil cultural history greater importance in school curricula, against the craft education scheme, against making Hindi the country’s official language.
