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C. P. Chitrarasu
C. P. Chitrarasu (11 April 1906 – 16 February 1978) was an Indian politician and writer from Tamil Nadu. He was the chairman of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council during 1970-76. He was nicknamed ''Sindhanai Sirpi'' (lit. Sculptor of thought). Biography C.P Chitrarasu was born in Kanchipuram to Bethasamy Naidu and Lakshmi Ammal. His birth name was "Chinnaraj". He changed his name due to the influence of Ku. Mu. Annal Thango of the Tanittamil Iyakkam. He joined the Justice Party in the 1930s. He was an associate of C. N. Annadurai. When Annadurai left the Dravidar Kazhagam (successor to the Justice party) to form the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 1949, Chitrarasu followed him. He was among the DMK's leading public speakers. He started a magazine called ''Theepori'' in 1953. In 1959 he became the editor of the periodical ''Inamuzhakkam''. In the 1950s he worked as a script writer at the Modern Theaters film company. Chitrarasu wrote a total of 23 books including biogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language—one of the longest surviving classical languages in the world—is widely spoken in the state and serves as its official language. The state lies in the southernmost part of the Indian peninsula, and is bordered by the Indian union territory of Puducherry and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh, as well as an international maritime border with Sri Lanka. It is bounded by the Western Ghats in the west, the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait to the south-east, and the Indian Ocean in the south. The at-large Tamilakam region that has been inhabited by Tamils was under several regimes, such as the Sangam era rulers of the Chera, Chola, and Pandya c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
