Consider the following statements about Iyothee Thass Pandithar:

1. Recently, Tamil Nadu government has installed a statue of him at Gandhi Mandapam in Chennai.

2. He was a prominent novel writer.

3. He organized Todas and other tribes of the Nilgiri Hills into a force for the freedom movement.

Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

Solution

Recently, the Tamil Nadu government has installed a statue of Dalit rights and anti-caste activist Iyothee Thass Pandithar at Gandhi Mandapam in Chennai. In the 1870s, he organized the Todas and other tribes of the Nilgiri Hills into a formidable force for the freedom movement. In 1876, he established the Advaidananda Sabha and launched a magazine called Dravida Pandian in collaboration with Rev. John Rathina. He established the “Dravida Mahajana Sabha '' in 1891 along with Rettamalai Srinivasan. He established the Sakya Buddhist Society in Madras with branches all over South India. The Sakya Buddhist Society was also known as the Indian Buddhist Association and was established in the year 1898.