திராவிடக் கொள்கை விளக்க அறிக்கை. The Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) has released its Dravidian Manifesto in the State conference that was conducted in Thanjavur on 23rd February 2019. The rationalist movement was founded by Thanthai Periyar in 1944. The roots of Dravidar Kazhagam lie in the Self-Respect Movement founded in 1925 and the Justice Party founded in 1916. The two entities merged in 1938 under Periyar’s leadership and the name was changed to Dravidar Kazhagam in 1944.