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Early Beginning of Tamil Nationalism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_nationalism Primary contributor to the development of political awareness amongst Tamils was the intrusion of Protestant missionaries on a large scale from 1814.Missionary activities by missionaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Methodists and Anglican churches led to a revival amongst Hindu Tamils. The Hindu(sivite) Tamil revivalist and reformist movement was led by Arumuga Navalar. It was formed as a defensive response to the threat of indigenous order by the British colonial and missionary presence and their activities. Arumugam Navalar adapted literary endeavours to boost the Tamil Language and used this to spread Hindu sivite principles. Navalar s earlier efforts to revive Hinduism influenced Tamils who built their own schools, temples, societies and published literature to counter the missionary activities. Thus by 1925 nearly 50 schools, including the Vaddukkoddei Seminary were fully functioning . Furthermore, this revival moment set the stage for modern Tamil pros The success of this effort led the Tamils to think confidently of themselves as a community and prepared the way for self consciousness as a cultural, religious and linguisitic community in the mid nineteenth century.For his efforts Arumugam Navalar was described, by Kailasapathy, as the person who gave his community a distinct identity |
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