Srinivasa Raghavaiyangar Rangaswami Iyengar (6 January 1887 – 23 October 1926) was an Indian lawyer and journalist who served as the editor of ''

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the sec ...

'' from 1923 till his own death in 1926. He was the son of S. Srinivasa Raghavaiyangar and nephew of

S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar (15 December 1859 – 12 December 1923) was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist, politician and journalist who served as the managing director of ''The Hindu'' from 1 April 1905 till his death. Ancestry an ...

Early life and education

Rangaswami was born to civil servant S. Srinivasa Raghavaiyangar on 6 January 1887. Raghavaiyangar served as Inspector General of Registration in the

Madras Presidency The Madras Presidency, or the Presidency of Fort St. George, also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. At its greatest extent, the presidency included most of southern India, including the ...

and later, Diwan of

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. Rangaswami was Raghavaiyangar's fourth son. His uncle was the journalist

, founder of Kasturi and Sons. Rangaswami completed his matriculation in 1903 at the age of sixteen and graduated in law. After practising as a lawyer for sometime, Rangaswami joined ''The Hindu'' as Assistant Editor in 1910.

Career

Rangaswami came into limelight through his accounts of the battles of the

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. Towards the end of the 1910s, Rangaswami became more aggressive and began targeting the British administrations and loyalist. He was particularly critical of

V. S. Srinivasa Sastri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Sastri (22 September 1869 – 17 April 1946) was an Indian politician, administrator, educator, orator and Indian independence activist. He was acclaimed for his oratory and command over the English langua ...

who he described as "the pet lamb of the British government". He was also, at the same time, sharply critical of

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. Following Kasturi Ranga Iyengar's death in 1923, Rangaswami took over as editor with K. Srinivasan as Managing Director and served till October 1926.

Death

Rangaswami Iyengar died on 23 October 1926 due to an unknown illness. The Managing Director K. Srinivasan served as editor from 1926 to 1928, when A. Rangaswami Iyengar took over.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rangaswami Iyengar, S. 1887 births 1926 deaths Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu