Palavai Rangaiah Naidu (1828–1902) was an Indian lawyer,

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and

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. He was an important leader of the

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in its early stages.

Early career

Rangaiah Naidu was born in 1828 in a Telugu-speaking family in Madras Presidency. He graduated in law and set up a prosperous vocation as a lawyer. He was soon nominated to the Madras High Court.

Politics

Rangaiah Naidu was one of the many Indian leaders who demanded self-rule and greater representation for Indians in the government. When the

Madras Mahajana Sabha Madras Mahajana Sabha was an Indian nationalist organisation based in the Madras Presidency. Along with the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha, Bombay Presidency Association and the Indian Association, it is considered to be a predecessor of the Indian Nati ...

was founded in 1884, Rangaiah Naidu was elected as its first President. He was a member of the

Madras Legislative Council Tamil Nadu Legislative Council was the upper house of the former bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It began its existence as Madras Legislative Council, the first provincial legislature for Madras Presidency. It was init ...

from 1892 to 1899. Rangaiah Naidu also participated in the first session of the Indian National Congress held in Bombay in December 1885 representing Madras city. He was one of the trustees for Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai from 1883 to 1902 Rangaiah Naidu was elected to the Madras Legislative Council in 1893 and served as a member from 1893 to 1899. He played a vital role in the Indian Independence movement, from the Tamil speaking districts of the then Madras Presidency.

Later life and death

P. Rangaiah Naidu died in 1902 in Egmore. Two streets in Egmore were named after his father, Veerasamy Naidu and him.

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