What is Justice Party (India)?
The '''Justice Party''', officially the '''South Indian Liberal Federation''', was a political party in the Madras Presidencyof British India. It was established in 1916 by T. M. Nair P. Theagarayar ,Alamelu Mangai ,Dr.C.Natesanar as a result of a series of non-Brahmins conferences and meetings in the presidency. Communal division between Brahmins and non-Brahmins began in the presidency during the late-19th and early-20th century, mainly due to [[caste]] [[Prejudice|prejudices]] and too much Brahminical representation in government jobs. == Elections conducted and aftermath== In 1920, it won the first direct elections in the presidency and formed the [[government]]. For the next seventeen years, it formed four out of the five ministries and was in power for thirteen years. It was the main political alternative to the nationalist [[Indian National Congress]] in Madras. After it lost to the Congress in the 1937 election, it never recovered. It came under the leadership of [[Periyar E. V. Ramasamy|Periyar E. V. Ramaswamy]] and his [[Self-Respect Movement]]. In 1944, Periyar transformed the Justice Party into the social organisation [[Dravida Kazhagam|Dravidar Kazhagam]] and withdrew it from [[Election|electoral politics]]. A rebel [[Political faction|faction]] that called itself the original Justice Party, contested one final election, in 1952. ==Ideology== The Justice Party was isolated in Indian politics by its many [[Controversy|controversial]] activities. It opposed Brahmins in [[civil service]] and politics, and this anti-Brahmin attitude shaped many of its ideas and policies. It opposed [[Annie Besant]] and her [[Home rule]] movement, because it believed home rule would benefit the Brahmins. The party campaigned against the [[non-cooperation movement]] in the presidency. It disagreed with [[Mahatma Gandhi|M. K. Gandhi]], primarily due to his praise for Brahminism. Its mistrust of the Brahmin–dominated Congress led it to be hostile toward the [[Indian independence movement]]. Although it professed to represen