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- Tiruppur Subrahmanya Avinashilingam Chettiar (5 May 1903 – 21 November 1991) was an Indian lawyer, politician, freedom fighter and Gandhian. He served as the Education Minister of Madras Presidency from 1946 to 1949 and was responsible for introducing Tamil as the medium of instruction.
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Tiruppur Subrahmanya Avinashilingam Chettiar (5 May 1903 – 21 November 1991) was an Indian lawyer, politician, freedom fighter and Gandhian. He served as the Education Minister of Madras Presidency from 1946 to 1949 and was responsible for introducing Tamil as the medium of instruction.
Tiruppur Subrahmanya Avinashilingam Chettiar (5 May 1903 – 21 November 1991) was born in Tiruppur, Coimbatore district of Tamilnadu. He was a politician, freedom fighter and an ardent educationist. Chettiar was greatly influenced by Gandhi during the national liberation movement.
Avinashilingam Chettiar was born on 5 May 1903 to K. Subrahmanya Chettiar at Tiruppur. He was an Indian lawyer, politician, freedom fighter, and Gandhian. Avinashilingam participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement and the Quit India Movement.
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- In The Indian Independence Movement
- As Minister For Education
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Avinashlingam was born in Tiruppur in the then Coimbatore district on 5 May 1903 to K. Subrahmanya Chettiar, a rich and prominent merchant of Tiruppur and his wife, Palaniammal family , which is very rare among .Avinashlingam was a nephew of Indian National Congress politician and freedom-fighter, T. A. Ramalingam Chettiar.
Avinashilingam had his schooling at Tiruppur High school, Tiruppur and London Mission High School, Coimbatore. He graduated from Pachaiyappa's College, Madras in 1923 and studied law at Madras Law College. In 1926, he commenced practice as an assistant to his uncle Ramalingam Chettiar before entering the Indian independence movement.
Avinashilingam participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement and the Quit India Movement. He joined the Indian National Congress and adopted Gandhi's philosophy. He also served as the President of the Coimbatore District Congress Committee.When Gandhi visited South India in 1934 to collect money for the Harijan Welfare Fund, Avinashilingam assist...
Avinashilingam served as the Education Minister of Madras Presidency from 1946 to 1949 under premiers Tanguturi Prakasam and O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar. One of his most remembered acts as minister was the introduction of Tamil as the medium of instruction in secondary schools all over the Presidency. He established the Tamil Valarchi Kalagam or Tamil...
Avinashilingam was elected to the Lok Sabha from Tiruppur and served as a member of parliament from 1952 to 1957.Avinashilingam also served as the Member of the Rajya Sabha from 1958 to 1964. In his later life, Avinashilingam served as the chairman of the committee which brought out a 10-part Children's Encyclopedia in Tamil in 1975. Avinashilingam...
Avinashilingam was a deeply religious Hindu. Early in life, he came under the influence of Swami Shivananda and Swami Brahmananda of the Ramakrishna Mission. Inspired by the patriarchs of the mission, Avinashilingam started the Ramakrishna Vidyalaya school at Race Course, Coimbatore in 1930. Later, he moved the school to a 300-acre (1.2 km2) plot o...
Avinashilingam has also written a few notable works in Tamil. One of his books is an account in Tamil about his pilgrimage to Tirukeedaram. Avinashilingam also wrote books on economics, Gandhi's education policy and the Wardha scheme.
Avinashilingam was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour for his contribution to education and literature in the year 1970. He is also the recipient of the G. D. Birla award and the 1985 Jamnalal Bajaj Award. Avinashilingam established the Avinashilingam Home Science College for Women in 1957 In June 1988, this college be...
Nov 21, 1991 · Tirupur Subrahmanya Avinashilingam Chettiar was truly multifaceted – a lawyer, politician, freedom fighter, and Gandhian – all these descriptions were applicable to him. He not only assisted Mahatma Gandhi during the latter’s visit to Coimbatore by mobilising funds for Harijan welfare, but also donated Rs.2.50 lakhs as his personal ...
Tiruppur Subrahmanya Avinashilingam Chettiar (5 May 1903 – 21 November 1991) was an Indian lawyer, politician, freedom-fighter and Gandhian. He served as the Education Minister of Madras Presidency from 1946 to 1949 and was responsible for introducing Tamil as the medium of instruction.
May 14, 2024 · Srinivasa Thiyagi (1923-2002), known as Bettaiyan, convinced Tiruppur Subrahmanya Avinashilingam Chettiar, a freedom fighter and former Education Minister of the Madras Presidency, to give...
