Periyar formed an ‘anti-Hindi Army’ and named Anna its ‘Dictator’. Viduthalai and Dravida Nadu started attacking the new policy. June and July went by in a whirl of protest marches, conferences and demonstrations. When Rajaji (by now the governor general of the Indian dominion)55 visited the state in August 1947, the Dravidar Kazhagam greeted him with black flags. Periyar and Anna were arrested under Section 75 of the IPC56 and thrown in jail. The protest continued without them and soon they were released.
