 The masses began to rally against the oppressions imposed by colonialism, the exploitation of imperialism, untouchability, superstition and Harijana oppression.The emergence of the nationalist movement has sparked a wave of nationalist movements such as the right to a bath, the right to walk in public, temple access, libraries, geriatric education, dispatch of Harijans to school, civil disobedience, salt satyagraha campaign, foreign garb, Hindi study and agrarian and labor movement.Since VV Giri's speech in 1939, Jayaprakash Narayanan too had attended a function at the Perambra UP School premises, nicknamed "Giri Maidanam".