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  1. 6 days ago · The movement spread in the southern part of India very rapidly, where the president of TNCC, C. Rajagopalachari, directed the Salt Satyagraha in Tamil. Women and Youth. Women and youth most actively participated in the salt satyagraha movement and helped in every possible way. The students stopped going to schools and colleges.

  2. 6 days ago · The first recipients of India’s highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, were Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, and Dr. C. V. Raman. Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, born on September 5, 1888, in Tamil Nadu, was a distinguished philosopher, statesman, and the first Vice President (1952-1962) and second President (1962-1967) of India.

  3. 5 days ago · Rajagopalachari had a strong political career and held several important positions. He served as the Premier of the Madras Presidency (now Tamil Nadu) from 1937 to 1940. Later, he became the Governor of West Bengal (1947-1948) and the Governor-General of India (1948-1950), a post equivalent to the President of India then.

  4. 5 days ago · Rajagopalachari (Rajaji) of the Indian National Congress became the Chief Minister after a series of re-alignments among various political parties and Independents. The Telugu speaking regions of Madras state split to form the Andhra state in 1953, leading to the consolidation of the non-Brahmin Congress faction under the leadership of K. Kamaraj .

  5. 2 days ago · C. V. Raman. In this Indian name, the name Chandrasekhara is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Venkata Raman, or just Raman. Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman FRS ( / ˈrɑːmən /; [1] 7 November 1888 – 21 November 1970) was an Indian physicist known for his work in the field of light scattering. [2] Using ...

  6. 3 days ago · v. t. e. 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 included most of southern India, including all of present-day Andhra Pradesh, almost all of Tamil ...

  7. 6 days ago · 2)Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was informally known as Rajaji. He was an Indian politician, writer, independence activist, historian, a lawyer as well as a statesman. Rajagopalachari is believed to be the last governor-general of India, after India had become a republic in 1950. Thus, Option B is incorrect.