K.A. Manikumar

K.A. Manikumar
K.A. Manikumar retired as Professor of History, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. He is the author of Vellore Revolt, 1806 (Allied Publishers & VIT University, 2007) and A Colonial Economy in the Great Depression, Madras, 1929-37 (Orient Longman, 2003). His research interests are social conflict and the Dalit Movement.
In 1957, intense caste violence broke out in south-eastern Tamil Nadu between the regionally dominant caste of Thevars, and Devendrakula Vellalars (Pallars), a Dalit community. The violence was tri...

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