DMK treasurer and Parliamentary party leader T.R. Baalu on Monday took exception to Governor R.N. Ravi’s contention that the British created a “false history” as part of their divide-and-rule policy and the concept of Aryans and Dravidians was mainly a geographical, rather than racial, division.
In a statement, he said there was no evidence for the allegation that the British created the Aryan-Dravidian divide since the term Dravidian existed even before the arrival of the British in the 1600s. “What does the Governor seek to prove by his claims,” he asked.
Pointing out that a lot of books have been written on the subject by great historians, Mr. Baalu said the Governor would understand them even if he merely flipped through the pages of the books.
