19th century many leaders who came forward to construct a dalit consciousness. M.C. Rajah, Srinivasan, M.Y. Murugesan, Madurai Pillai, Ramasamy Mudaliar, L.K.Gurusamy, M.K.Marippa, N.Shivaraj,etc many dalit leaders support and service to dalits uplifement. Srinivasan was nominated to the Madras Legislative Council as a representative of the depressed classes in 1923. The British government bestowed the honour of Dewan Bahadur of him, for his services to the nation and community. Pandit palaniswamy started a school in 1917 for them. He started a hostel for the students of the depressed classes. He started Dravidian youth society to inculcate a new social awareness among the Untouchables. He worked in the company of M.C Rajah in the socio political field.M.C.