ராமசாமி (''Ramasamy'' or ''Ramaswamy'' or ''Ramaswami'') is a common

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

n name. It was used as a pejorative to refer to Indians living in South African European colonies. It may refer to

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M. D. Ramasami M. D. Ramasami was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state ...

, Aruppukottai MLA *

S. S. Ramasami Padayachi S. S. Ramasami Padayatchiyar (16 September 1918 – 3 April 1992) was a politician from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He was the founder of the Tamil political party Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party, which is considered to be a predecessor of Patta ...

, Tamil Nadu politician *

Ramasamy ராமசாமி (''Ramasamy'' or ''Ramaswamy'' or ''Ramaswami'') is a common Indian name. It was used as a pejorative to refer to Indians living in South African European colonies. It may refer to Politicians *M. D. Ramasami, Aruppukottai M ...

, former Kovilpatti MLA *

K. Ramasamy (politician) K. Ramasamy was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Janata Party candidate from Sivakasi constituency in 1977 election. In addition he served as Chairman ...

, former Sivakasi MLA *

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 1879 – 24 December 1973), revered as Periyar or Thanthai Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician who started the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam. He is known as the 'F ...

* S. "Best" Ramasamy, president of Kongunadu Munnetra Peravai *

Ramasamy Palanisamy Prof. Dr. P. Ramasamy s/o Palanisamy ( ta, இராமசாமி பழனிசாமி; born 10 May 1949) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Penang II and Member of the Penang State Executive Counc ...

, Penang, Malaysia Deputy Chief Minister *

S. N. Ramasamy S. N. Ramasamy Nadar is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Gandhi Kamaraj National Congress candidate from Sathankulam constituency in 1980 Event ...

, former Sathankulam MLA *

T. Ramasamy T. Ramasamy is an Indian politician and served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from 2006 to 2011. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Communist Party of India candidate from Srivilliputhur constituen ...

, former Srivilliputhur MLA *

K. S. Ramaswamy Gounder K. S. Ramaswamy Gounder ( ta, ராமசாமி கவுண்டர்) (1922 – 4 December 2004) was an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Gobichettipalayam ...

, former Gobichettipalayam MP *

S. J. Ramaswamy Mudali S. J. Ramaswamy Mudaliar is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidat ...

, former Arakkonam MLA *

Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar Sir Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar (14 October 1887 – 17 July 1976) was an Indian lawyer, diplomat, and statesman who was the first president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council and the 24th and last Diwan of Mysore. He also served as ...

, Justice Party leader *

V. V. Ramasamy Nadar V. V. Ramasamy Nadar was a politician and social activist from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He hailed from Virudhunagar. He was an active advocate of Self-respect movements in ranks with Periyar E. V. Ramasamy and exemplified it in his own life ...

, Virudhunagar politician *

S. Ramaswamy Naidu S. Ramaswamy Naidu (c. 1901 – 9 January 1969) was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Sattur constituency in 1 ...

, Swatantra Party politician from Sivakasi *

P. Ramasamy Pillai Ramasamy Pillai was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Travancore-Cochin assembly as Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress candidate from Thiruvattar constituency in Kanyakumari district in 1952 ...

, former Thiruvattar MLA *

T. S. Ramasamy Pillai T. S. Ramaswami Pillai ( ta, டி எஸ் இராமஸ்வாமி பிள்ளை) (8 June 1918 – 15 June 2006) was an Indian politician, freedom fighter and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tr ...

, former Kanyakumari MLA

Others

Aarthie Ramaswamy Aarthie Ramaswamy (born 28 June 1981) is a chess player from India. She was awarded the title Woman Grandmaster (WGM) by FIDE in 2003. In 1993, Ramaswamy won the India under-12 girls championship. In 1995, she won the under-14 and under-16 girl ...

, a chess player *

Cotah Ramaswami Cotah Ramaswami - sometimes written as Cota or Cotar - (born 16 June 1896 – presumed dead (possibly January 1990)) was a double sports international who represented India in both cricket and tennis. Family and early life Ramaswami came fro ...

, an athlete *

N. S. Ramaswami Nallathagudi Srinivasa Ramaswami (November 1918, Cuddalore - 19 February 1987) was an Indian sports journalist who worked for four decades with ''The Hindu'', ''Mail'' and ''Indian Express'', and became an assistant editor at all three newspapers ...

, a sports journalist and historian *

Cho Ramaswamy Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy, better known as Cho Ramaswamy (5 October 1934 – 7 December 2016), was an Indian actor, comedian, character actor, editor, political satirist, playwright, film director and lawyer from Tamil Nadu. He was a p ...

, Tamil comedian, politician and journalist *

M. A. M. Ramaswamy Muttaiya Annamalai Muthiah Ramaswamy (30 September 1931 – 2 December 2015) was an Indian industrialist, politician and race horse owner who served as Chairman of the Chettinad Group of Companies and a member of the Upper House of the Parliam ...

, Janata Dal politician from Karnataka *

Mythily Ramaswamy Mythily Ramaswamy (born 6 June 1954) is an Indian mathematician and professor in the Department of Mathematics at the TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bangalore. Her research involves func ...

, Indian mathematician *

Traffic Ramaswamy K. R. Ramaswamy (1 April 1934 – 4 May 2021), referred to by the media as Traffic Ramaswamy, was an Indian public interest litigator and social activist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He was a mill worker, a founder member of Tamil Nadu's Home ...

, a social activist from Chennai *

Tripuraneni Ramaswamy Tripuraneni RamaswamyRemembering ‘Kaviraj ...

, Telugu lawyer and playwright *

V. K. Ramasamy (actor) Virudhunagar Kanthan Ramasamy (1 January 1926 – 24 December 2002) was an Indian actor, comedian and producer who was known for his versatility in various character roles, he played in Tamil films in the years between the 1947 to 2001. Biograp ...

, Tamil actor, comedian, and film producer *

V. K. Ramaswamy (umpire) Virinchirpuram Krishnamoorthi Ramaswamy (born 26 April 1945) is a former Indian Test cricket umpire. Ramaswamy was born in Madras and worked for Indian Railways. He umpired in Indian domestic first-class matches from the early 1970s, includ ...

, former Indian test cricket umpire *

Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar (1904–1991), popularly known as Goruru, was an Indian writer who wrote in Kannada. He was well known for his humour and satire. Early life Goruru Ramaswami Iyengar was born at "Goruru" in Hassan district of Karnataka ...

, Kannada writer * Ramaswamy S. Vaidyanathaswamy, former Professor of Mathematics in University of Madras

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