Sami Venkatachalam Chetty (died 17 November 1958) was an Indian politician, businessman and Indian independence activist who served as a member of the
Madras Legislative Council and
Imperial Legislative Council of India, as well as President of the
Madras Corporation. He is largely known for his surprise victory over Assembly Speaker
R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
Sir Ramasamy Chetty Kandasamy Shanmukham Chetty KCIE (17 October 1892 – 5 May 1953) was an Indian lawyer, economist and politician who served as first Finance Minister of India from 1947 to 1948. He also served as President of India's Centr ...
in the 1934 elections to the Imperial Legislative Council.
Career
Chetty joined the
Indian National Congress in the early 1920s and was elected to the Madras Legislative Council in the 1926 elections. He served as the leader of the
Swaraj Party
The Swaraj Party, established as the ''Congress-Khilafat Swaraj Party'', was a political party formed in India on 1 January 1923 after the Gaya annual conference in December 1922 of the National Congress, that sought greater self-government and ...
in the house during the visit of the
Simon Commission
The Indian Statutory Commission also known as Simon Commission, was a group of seven Members of Parliament under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon. The commission arrived in India in 1928 to study constitutional reform in Britain's largest a ...
. In 1925–26, Chetty served as President of the Madras Corporation.
In 1934, Chetty defeated R. K. Shanmukham Chetty in the elections to the Imperial Legislative Council of India. He served as a member of the council before retiring from politics in the late 1930s.
Condolence
Shri Venkatachalam Chetti was an member of the former Central Assembly from the year 1934 to 1938 He was, before that, the Leader of the Opposition on behalf of the Congress in the Madras Legislative Assembly. He was a very prominent member of the previous Assembly here 1 am sure the House will join with me in conveying our condolence to the bereaved family of Shri Venkata- chalem Chetti.
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1958 deaths
Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu
Year of birth missing
Members of the Central Legislative Assembly of India
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Andhra movement