Venkatarama Ramalingam, or V. Ramalingam Pillai (19 October 1888 – 24 August 1972),Namakkal Kavignar
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and independence fighter. He is well known for his poems about independence. He had 7 siblings apart from himself. The poem "கத்தியின்றி ரத்தமின்றி யுத்தமொன்று வருகுது சத்தியத்தின் நித்தியத்தை நம்பும்யாரும் சேருவீர்..."Poem
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Early life

V. Ramalingam Pillai, popularly known as Namakkal Kavignar, was born on 19 October 1888 at

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, Namakkal District in Tamil Nadu to Venkataraman and Ammaniammaal. His father was working in police department at Mohanur and his mother was a pious lady. He was the eighth child of his parents. Ramalingam had his school educations in Namakkal and

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. He did his BA in 1909, from Bishop Heber College at

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. Initially he worked as a

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at Namakkal Tahsildar's office and later worked as a primary school teacher.

Nationalist

He wrote hundreds of poems with patriotic fervor. He also participated in the

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against

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government in 1930 and went to jail for one year.

Awards

He received the "

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" award in 1971 from the Indian government.

References

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