T. Rangachari

Diwan BahadurT. RangachariCIE(1865–1945) was an Indian lawyer, politician, journalist, legislator, and active in theEgmore clique.^[1]

Early life

Rangachari was born in 1865 in a prominent land-owningIyengarfamily of theMadras Presidency.^[2]He had his education in Madras and graduated in law.^[2]He practised successfully as a lawyer before entering the Indian Independence Movement. On the leadership of T. Rangachari, theRangachari Committeewas formed for film censorship in 1927-28 under the competitive conditions created by the variety of American movie themes, such as romance, westerns, comedies, gangster and crime stories, when the Indian market was surviving mostly on mythological stories.^[3]

Politics

Soon after the formation of theIndian National Congress,Rangachari joined the organisation and participated in its meetings. Rangachari was also a member of theMadras Mahajana Sabha.

Rangachari was elected to theCorporation of Madrasand also to thesenateof theMadras University.He served as a member of theMadras Legislative Counciland later, theImperial Legislative Council of India.He also served as the Deputy Chairman of the Imperial Legislative Council of India.

Death

Rangachari died in 1945 at the age of 80.

Notes

^Studies, University of London Centre of South Asian (1977).Leadership in South Asia.Vikas Publishing House.ISBN 978-0-7069-0540-3.
^^a ^bThe who's who in Madras: A pictorial who's who of distinguished personages, princes, zemindars and noblemen in the Madras Presidency, Issue 9.Pearl Press. 1940. p. 205.
^Vinayak Purohit (1988).Arts of transitional India twentieth century.Vol. 1. Popular Prakashan.ISBN 9780861321384.

References

Some Madras Leaders.1922. pp. 35–37.

[1] Studies, University of London Centre of South Asian (1977).Leadership in South Asia.Vikas Publishing House.ISBN 978-0-7069-0540-3.

[whoswhop205-2] The who's who in Madras: A pictorial who's who of distinguished personages, princes, zemindars and noblemen in the Madras Presidency, Issue 9.Pearl Press. 1940. p. 205.

[3] Vinayak Purohit (1988).Arts of transitional India twentieth century.Vol. 1. Popular Prakashan.ISBN 9780861321384.

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