Kuppuswami Srinivasan (30 May 1899 – 2 June 1975), popularly known as Stalin Srinivasan, was an Indian journalist and Indian independence activist who founded the journal '' Manikodi'' in 1932. He was also one of the founders of the ''

Free Press Journal ''The Free Press Journal'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper that was established in 1928 by Swaminathan Sadanand, who also acted as its first editor. First produced to complement a news agency, the Free Press of India, it was a su ...

''. Upon India's independence, he served as the first chief film censor of

Madras state Madras State was a state in the Indian Republic, which was in existence during the mid-20th century as a successor to the Madras Presidency of British India. The state came into existence on 26 January 1950 when the Constitution of India was ad ...

. Acclaimed civil lawyer Radha Srinivasan is Stalin Srinivasan's daughter.

Early life

Srinivasan was born on 30 May 1899 at Shiyali in the Tanjore district of

Madras Presidency The Madras Presidency or Madras Province, officially called the Presidency of Fort St. George until 1937, was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India and later the Dominion of India. At its greatest extent, the presidency i ...

, India. He graduated in law and was pursuing his post-graduate studies at the Presidency College, Madras when he was invited by

C. Rajagopalachari Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), popularly known as Rajaji or C.R., also known as Mootharignar Rajaji (Rajaji'', the Scholar Emeritus''), was an Indian statesman, writer, lawyer, and Indian independence ...

to join the staff of the National School that he had founded.

Career

Srinivasan worked for the ''Daily Press'' and ''Swarajya'' before joining S. Sadanand's ''

The Free Press Journal ''The Free Press Journal'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper that was established in 1928 by Swaminathan Sadanand, who also acted as its first editor. First produced to complement a news agency, the Free Press of India, it was a s ...

'' in Bombay. He served notably as the Central Assembly Correspondent in Delhi and covered the proceedings of the

C. Sankaran Nair Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair CIE (11 July 1857 – 24 April 1934) was an Indian lawyer and statesman who served as the Advocate-General of Madras from 1906 to 1910, on the High Court of Madras as a puisne justice from 1910 to 1915, and as Indi ...

committee in London. When Sadanand was jailed for publishing an article by Srinivasan, the latter went to court to get Sadanand released. In 1932, along with a few of his friends, Srinivasan started the Tamil journal '' Manikkodi''. ''Manikkodi'' would acquire acclaim as a journal and spearhead a literary movement.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Srinivasan, Stalin 1899 births 1975 deaths People from Mayiladuthurai district Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu