<P> The Government of India Act of 1919 prohibited women from becoming legislators . The first Justice Government reversed this policy on 1 April 1921 . Voter qualifications were made gender neutral . This resolution cleared the way for Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddi's nomination to the council in 1926, when she became the first woman to become a member of any legislature in India . In 1922, during the first Justice ministry (before relationships with Scheduled Castes soured), the Council officially replaced the terms "Panchamar" or "Paraiyar" (which were deemed derogatory) with "Adi Dravidar" to denote the Scheduled Castes of the presidency . </P> <P> The Madras Elementary Education Act of 1920 introduced compulsory education for boys and girls and increased elementary education funding . It was amended in 1934 and 1935 . The act penalised parents for withdrawing their children from schools . The Madras University Act of 1923 expanded the administrative body of the University of Madras and made it more representative . In 1920 the Madras Corporation introduced the Mid-day Meal Scheme with the approval of the legislative council . It was a breakfast scheme in a corporation school at Thousand Lights, Madras . Later it expanded to four more schools . This was the precursor to the free noon meal schemes introduced by K. Kamaraj in the 1960s and expanded by M.G. Ramachandran in the 1980s . </P> <P> The State Aid to Industries Act, passed in 1922 and amended in 1935, advanced loans for the establishment of industries . The Malabar Tenancy Act of 1931 (first introduced in September 1926), controversially strengthened the legal rights of agricultural tenants and gave them the "right to occupy (land) in some cases". </P> <P> Rivalry between the Tamil and Telugu members of Justice party led to the establishment of two universities . The rivalry had existed since the party's inception and was aggravated during the first justice ministry because Tamil members were excluded from the cabinet . When the proposal to set up Andhra University (long demanded by leaders like Konda Venkatapayya and Pattabi Sitaramaya) was first raised in 1921, it was opposed by Tamil members including C. Natesa Mudaliar . The Tamils argued that it was hard to define Andhras or the Andhra University . To appease the disgruntled Tamil members like J.N. Ramanathan and Raja of Ramnad, Theagaraya Chetty inducted a Tamil member T.N. Sivagnanam Pillai in the second Justice ministry in 1923 . This cleared the way for the passage of Andhra University Bill on 6 November 1925, with Tamil support . The institution opened in 1926 with C.R. Reddy as its first vice-chancellor . This led to calls for the establishment of a separate, Tamil, University, because the Brahmin--dominated Madras University did not welcome non-Brahmins . On 22 March 1926, a Tamil University Committee chaired by Sivagnanam Pillai began to study feasibility and in 1929 Annamalai University opened . It was named for Annamalai Chettiar who provided a large endowment . </P>

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