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Vallinayagam Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai (5 September 1872 - 18 November 1936) was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, businessman and politician. He founded the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1906 to compete against the monopoly of the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISNC).
Recently, the Prime Minister paid tribute to V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, the legendary freedom fighter on his 150 th birth anniversary. He was popularly known as Kappalottiya Tamilan (The Tamil Helmsman) and Sekkizuththa Semmal (scholarly gentry who suffered at the oil press).
Dec 10, 2022 · V.O.Chidambaram Pillai (Vallinayagam Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai), [VOC] (1872-1936), also known as Kappalottiya Tamilan (The Tamil Helmsman) and Sekkizuththa Semmal [scholarly gentry who suffered at the oil press], was a renowned Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, author, entrepreneur and labour rights activist.
Sep 23, 2020 · One of the earliest Indian shipping companies was launched by a Tamil lawyer who wanted to topple the monopoly of the British over maritime operations in India. On World Maritime Day today, we celebrate the legacy of V O Chidambaram Pillai, who had just one message for the British – ‘ship out’
V.O. Chidambaram Pillai [V.O.C.] was born on 05 September 1872 to an eminent lawyer Olaganathan Pillai and Paramyee Ammai in Ottapidaram, Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. VOC was graduated from Caldwell College, Tuticorin.
Jan 5, 2024 · V.O. Chidambaram Pillai, freedom fighter from Tamil Nadu, has been celebrated as the man who took on the mercantile might of the British in the early 20th century by starting a shipping company...
Aug 14, 2021 · Valliyappan Ulaganathan Chidambaram, also known by his initials V.O.C.(at times referred to as KappalottiyaTamizhan or 'The Tamil Helmsman'), was an Indian freedom fighter. He was a prominent lawyer, trade union leader, and leader in the Indian National Congress.
The title Kappalottiya Tamizhan (The Tamil Helmsman), given to Vallinayagam Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai (VOC), was for no small reason. VOC, an Indian Tamil freedom fighter and politician, founded an indigenous Indian shipping service (Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company) that plied between Tuticorin and Colombo.
V.O.C. as a great and dauntless political leader of his time, apart from being a pioneer in Trade Unionism in South India, a versatile scholar and a good critic of Tamil language and literature
Sep 8, 2022 · V.O. Chidambaram Pillai (1872-1936), one of the stalwarts of the freedom struggle and whose 150th birth anniversary was observed on September 5, is always remembered for his intense and somewhat...
