D Ravikumar writes, 'Iyothee Thass was a forerunner to Ambedkar in conversion to Buddhism'

D Ravikumar writes, 'Iyothee Thass was a forerunner to Ambedkar in conversion to Buddhism'

Iyothee Thass was a forerunner to Ambedkar in conversion to Buddhism

MAY 17, 2020 9:14:51 AM

Thass was against sub-caste identifications. When Rettamalai Srinivasan, another prominent Dalit leader, who participated in Round Table Conference along with Ambedkar, started ‘Paraiyar Mahajana Sabai’ at Madras in 1891, Thass established ‘Dravida Mahajana Sabai’.