Chakravarti Rajagopalachari BR,popularly known as Rajaji or C.R., also known as Mootharignar Rajaji,was an Indian statesman,writer,lawyer,and independence activist. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India,as India became a republic in 1950. He was also the first Indian-born Governor-General,as all previous holders of the post were British nationals. He also served as leader of the Indian National Congress,Premier of the Madras Presidency,Governor of West Bengal,Minister for Home Affairs of the Indian Union and Chief Minister of Madras state. Rajagopalachari founded the Swatantra Party and was one of the first recipients of India's highest civilian award,the Bharat Ratna. He vehemently opposed the use of nuclear weapons and was a proponent of world peace and disarmament. During his lifetime,he also acquired the nickname 'Mango of Salem'.
Ramaswamy Venkataraman was an Indian lawyer,Indian independence activist and politician who served as a Union Minister and as the eighth president of India. Venkataraman was born in Rajamadam village in Tanjore district,Madras Presidency. He studied law and practised in the Madras High Court and the Supreme Court of India. In his young age,he was an activist of the Indian independence movement and participated in the Quit India Movement. He was appointed as the member of the Constituent Assembly and the provisional cabinet. He was elected to the Lok Sabha four times and served as Union Finance Minister and Defence Minister. In 1984,he was elected as the seventh vice president of India and in 1987,he became the eighth President of India and served from 1987 to 1992. He also served as a State minister under K. Kamaraj and M. Bhaktavatsalam.
R. Umanath(21 December 1921 - 21 May 2014) was a communist politician from Tamil Nadu,India,and a Politburo member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1998. He was born in 1921 in Kasaragod,Kerala and moved to Madras during his student days.
The Constituent Assembly of India was elected to frame the Constitution of India. It was elected by the 'Provincial Assembly'. Following India's independence from the British rule in 1947,its members served as the nation's first Parliament as the 'Provisional Parliament of India'.
Thottiyam is a panchayat town in Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thamilselvi Thirugnanam is the current President of Thottiyam. It is situated 60 km north-west of Tiruchirapalli on Tiruchy-Namakkal State Highway (SH-25) and further it connects Namakkal-Salem-Bangalore National Highway. It is located near the Kaveri River,about 12 km north-west of Musiri. Koranganatha Temple located in the outskirts of the town is a historic temple built during the Chola period in the 10th century.
The Justice Party,officially the South Indian Liberal Federation,was a political party in the Madras Presidency of British India. It was established on 20 November 1916 in Victoria Public Hall in Madras by Dr C. Natesa Mudaliar and co-founded by T. M. Nair,P. Theagaraya Chetty and Alamelu Mangai Thayarammal as a result of a series of non-Brahmin 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 prejudices and disproportionate Brahminical representation in government jobs. The Justice Party's foundation marked the culmination of several efforts to establish an organisation to represent the non-Brahmins in Madras and is seen as the start of the Dravidian Movement.
Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Sastri was an Indian politician,administrator,educator,orator and Indian independence activist. He was acclaimed for his oratory and command over the English language. Srinivasa Sastri was born to a poor temple priest in the village of Valangaiman near Kumbakonam,India. He completed his education at Kumbakonam and worked as a school teacher and later,headmaster in Triplicane,Madras. He entered politics in 1905 when he joined the Servants of India Society. Sastri served as a member of the Indian National Congress from 1908 to 1922,but later resigned in protest against the Non-Cooperation movement. Sastri was one of the founding members of the Indian Liberal Party. In his later days,he was strongly opposed to the partition of India.
Seshadri Srinivasa Iyengar CIE,also seen as Sreenivasa Iyengar and Srinivasa Ayyangar,was an Indian lawyer,freedom-fighter and politician from the Indian National Congress. Iyengar was the Advocate-General of Madras Presidency from 1916 to 1920. He also served as a member of the bar council from 1912 to 1920,the law member of Madras Presidency from 1916 to 1920 and as the president of the madras province Swarajya Party faction of the Indian National Congress from 1923 to 1930. Srinivasa Iyengar was the son-in-law of renowned lawyer and first Indian Advocate-general of Madras,Sir Vembaukum Bhashyam Aiyangar. Iyengar's followers called him Lion of the South.
Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair,CIE was a lawyer who also served as a President of the Indian National Congress in 1897 at the meeting held at Amravati. He wrote Gandhi and Anarchy (1922).
The National College,Trichy is an autonomous institution,located in Tiruchirappalli,Tamil Nadu. It has been recognized as the 'College with Potential for Excellence' by the University Grants Commission in 2011.
K. M. Kader Mohideen is an Indian politician and social worker from Tamil Nadu. He currently serves as the National President of the Indian Union Muslim League.
Kotha Raghuramaiah was a veteran Indian politician and barrister who served as the Union Cabinet minister of Defence,Civil Aviation,Petroleum &Chemicals,Tourism and Parliamentary Affairs.
Chakravarti Vijayaraghavachariar was an Indian politician. He rose to prominence following his appeal against the false charges alleging him to have instigated a Hindu –Muslim riot in Salem. The legal battle and eventual victory in proving his innocence earned him the title The Lion of South India.
T. M. Kaliyannan Gounder was an Indian politician who served as a member of the Provisional Parliament of India and as a member of the Legislative Assembly MLA,Member of the Legislative Council MLC of Tamil Nadu. He was the last surviving member of the first parliament of India and was one of the few surviving members of the first assembly of Tamil Nadu State.
Thottakurichi Muthuswamy Nallaswamypopularly known as T.M.N was an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the 2nd,3rd &4th Madras State Legislative Assemblies later renamed Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Karur constituency in the Madras State Legislative Assembly elections in 1957,1962 and 1967.
M. Muhammad Ismail was an Indian politician and social worker from Tirunelveli,southern Tamil Nadu. He served as the first President of the Indian Union Muslim League after the partition of British India. He was popularly known in Tamil Nadu and Kerala as the "Quaid-e-Millat".
K. Kamalakannan was an Indian businessman,engineering contractor,agriculturist and landowner who served as mayor of Madras from November 1958 to April 1959. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.
M. A. Aleem is an Indian neurologist who is heading K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College,also a former vice-principal of the government medical college Tiruchirappalli(Trichy). Aleem has served more than 28 years in the field of neurology. He was a president of Tiruchi Neuro Association.
Munirathna Anandakrishnan was an Indian civil engineer,educationist,a chairman of the Indian Institute of Technology,Kanpur and a Vice-Chancellor of Anna University. He was also an Advisor to the Government of Tamil Nadu on Information Technology and e-Governance. A winner of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil),he was honored by the Government of India,in 2002,with Padma Shri,the fourth highest Indian civilian award.
Thiruvengadam Rajendram Seshadri FNA,FRS was an Indian chemist,academic,writer and the Head of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Delhi,known for his researches on the Indian medicinal and other plants. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society,UK and an elected member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Besides several articles,he also published two books, Chemistry of Vitamins and Hormones and Advancement of Scientific and Religious Culture in India. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan,in 1963,for his contributions to Science.
