Kuppuswami Srinivasan (30 May 1899 - 2 June 1975), popularly known as Stalin Srinivasan, was an Indian journalist and Indian independence activist who founded the journal ''

Manikodi ''Manikkodi'' was a Tamil non-fiction literary weekly that was published from 1933 to 1939. Founded by Stalin Srinivasan, V. Ramaswami Iyengar and T. S. Chockalingam, the magazine was noted for its expertly-written articles by eminent authors l ...

'' in 1932. He was also one of the founders of the ''

Free Press Journal ''The Free Press Journal'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper that was established in 1928 by Swaminathan Sadanand, who also acted as its first editor. First produced to complement a news agency, the Free Press of India, it was a su ...

''. Upon India's independence, he served as the first chief film censor of

Madras state Madras State was a state of India during the mid-20th century. At the time of its formation in 1950, it included the whole of present-day Tamil Nadu (except Kanyakumari district), Coastal Andhra, Rayalaseema, the Malabar region of North and c ...

. Acclaimed civil lawyer Radha Srinivasan is Stalin Srinivasan's daughter.

Early life

Srinivasan was born on 30 May 1899 at Shiyali in the

Tanjore district Thanjavur District is one of the Districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts of the States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur. The district is located in the delta of the Cauvery River ...

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. He graduated in law and was pursuing his post-graduate studies at the

Presidency College, Madras Presidency College is an art, commerce, and science college in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. On 16 October 1840, this school was established as the Madras Preparatory School before being repurposed as a high school, and then a gra ...

when he was invited by

C. Rajagopalachari Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972), popularly known as Rajaji or C.R., also known as Mootharignar Rajaji (Rajaji'', the Scholar Emeritus''), was an Indian statesman, writer, lawyer, and independence activis ...

to join the staff of the National School that he had founded.

Career

Srinivasan worked for the ''Daily Press'' and ''Swarajya'' before joining

S. Sadanand Swaminathan Sadanand (1900–1953) was an Indian journalist. In 1927 Sadanand started the Free Press of India, Free Press of India Agency, which was the first news agency owned and managed by Indians. In 1930 Sadanand became founder editor ...

's ''

The Free Press Journal ''The Free Press Journal'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper that was established in 1928 by Swaminathan Sadanand, who also acted as its first editor. First produced to complement a news agency, the Free Press of India, it was a su ...

'' in

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. He served notably as the Central Assembly Correspondent in

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and covered the proceedings of the

C. Sankaran Nair Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair, CIE (11 July 1857 – 24 April 1934) was a lawyer who also served as a President of the Indian National Congress in 1897 at the meeting held at Amravati. He wrote ''Gandhi and Anarchy'' (1922). Early life and educati ...

committee in

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. When Sadanand was jailed for publishing an article by Srinivasan, the latter went to court to get Sadanand released. In 1932, along with a few of his friends, Srinivasan started the Tamil journal ''

Manikkodi ''Manikkodi'' was a Tamil non-fiction literary weekly that was published from 1933 to 1939. Founded by Stalin Srinivasan, V. Ramaswami Iyengar and T. S. Chockalingam, the magazine was noted for its expertly-written articles by eminent authors ...

''. ''Manikkodi'' would acquire acclaim as a journal and spearhead a literary movement.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Srinivasan, Stalin 1899 births 1975 deaths People from Mayiladuthurai district Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu