Diwan Bahadur T. Rangachari CIE (1865–1945) was an Indian lawyer, politician, journalist, legislator.

Early life

Rangachari was born in 1865 in a prominent land-owning

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family of the Madras Presidency. He had his education in Madras and graduated in law. He practised successfully as a lawyer before entering the Indian Independence Movement. On the leadership of T. Rangachari, the Rangachari Committee was formed for film censorship in 1927-28 under the competitive conditions created by the variety of American movie themes, such as romance, westerns, comedies, gangster and crime stories, when the Indian market was surviving mostly on mythological stories.

Politics

Soon after the formation of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

, Rangachari joined the organisation and participated in its meetings. Rangachari was also a member of 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 ...

. Rangachari was elected to the

Corporation of Madras The Greater Chennai Corporation, formerly known as the Corporation of Madras (1688-1996) and Corporation of Chennai (1996-2016), is the civic body that governs the city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Inaugurated on 29 September ...

and also to the senate of the

Madras University The University of Madras (informally known as Madras University) is a public state university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and among the most prestigious universities in India, incorporated by an a ...

. He served as 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 ...

and later, the

Imperial Legislative Council of India The Imperial Legislative Council (ILC) was the legislature of the British Raj from 1861 to 1947. It was established under the Charter Act of 1853 by providing for the addition of 6 additional members to the Governor General Council for legislativ ...

. He also served as the Deputy Chairman of the Imperial Legislative Council of India.

Death

Rangachari died in 1945 at the age of 80.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rangachari, T 1865 births 1945 deaths Indian lawyers Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire Members of the Central Legislative Assembly of India Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu