Veerasamy Munusamy (

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- வீராசாமி முனுசாமி ) (26 September 1913 – 4 January 1994), known by the public as Thirukkuralar V. Munusamy (

- திருக்குறளார் வீ. முனுசாமி), was an

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and

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from

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, India. He is highly regarded for his work on promoting the Tamil classical work of the ''

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'' and his time as a member of

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during 1952–1957.

Early life

Munusamy was born on 26 September 1913 in the Thogaipadi village near

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to A. Veerasamy and Veerammal. He did his schooling at St. Soosaiyappar Higher Secondary School in

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. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics at St. Soosaiyappar College and in law at Government Law College in

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Early career

At a young age, Munusamy displayed interest towards the

and soon memorized all 1330 verses of the Kural literature. With the intention to take it to the common man, he conducted his first public discourse in 1935 at Nootrukkal Mantapam in the

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neighbourhood of

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. In 1941, Munusamy conducted the first ever Tirukkural conference in

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, which was attended by scholars such as

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. While staying in Puraisaiwalkam during his college years, he conducted Tirukkural classes and also campaigns holding Kural placards with scholars such as A. K. Paranthamanar, Natesanar, and Vadivelanar. By 1943, he became a scholar in Tamil. Soon, he conducted a Kural conference in

, which saw the participation of such professors as R. P. Sethupillai, Subramania Pillai, and Rasakannanar.

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Early life

Early career

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