Dravidian Movements Centenary celebration

CHENNAI: DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Thursday explained that the Dravidian Movement’s Centenary celebration was to commemorate the factual history of the movement. In a release, Karunanidhi said that Robert Caldwell, a linguist, coined the term ‘Dravidian’ to denote that all those who  speak Dravidian languages belonged to the Dravidian race.To honour Caldwell, the State had setup a memorial at Idaiyangudi in Tirunelveli and installed a bust-size statue during the DMK regime. The centenary celebrations on February 27 will help recollect such heritage for Tamils.