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Rise of Dravidian parties to power in Tamil Nadu

Although Annadurai had asked students to return to classes and leave the agitation, some high profile leaders in DMK were still active and popular within the students.

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But the popularity of the Congress government in Madras started to decline with its head Rajagopalachari proposing Hereditary Education Policy, which the opposition parties saw as an attempt to perpetuate the social hierarchy of the caste system.

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