A. Rangaswami Iyengar (July 1877 – 4 February 1934) was an Indian journalist, lawyer and politician who served as a member of the

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and as the chief editor of ''

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'' from 1928 till his death in 1934. He was a nephew of

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 and ...

Early life

Rangaswami Iyengar was born in the village of Erukathur near

Tiruvarur Thiruvarur () also spelt as Tiruvarur is a town and municipality in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Thiruvarur district and Thiruvarur taluk. The temple chariot of the Thyagaraja temple, weighing and mea ...

in the then

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in July 1877 to Narasimha Iyengar. He studied law in Madras. On completion of his studies, he practised as a

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in the

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Career

When

purchased ''

'' in 1905, he appointed Rangaswami Iyengar as an assistant editor. Rangaswami Iyengar served as assistant editor from 1905 to 1915, when he resigned to manage the affairs of its sister publication ''

Swadesamitran ''Swadesamitran'' was a Tamil language newspaper that was published from the then Madras city from 1882 to 1985. One of the earliest Tamil newspapers and the longest in print, ''Swadesamitran'' was founded by Indian nationalist G. Subramania Iyer f ...

''. Rangaswami Iyengar joined the

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and served as its General Secretary from 1925 to 1927. Rangaswami was elected to the

for two consecutive terms in 1923 and 1926. On

S. Rangaswami Iyengar Srinivasa Raghavaiyangar Rangaswami Iyengar (6 January 1887 – 23 October 1926) was an Indian lawyer and journalist who served as the editor of ''The Hindu'' from 1923 till his own death in 1926. He was the son of S. Srinivasa Raghavaiyangar an ...

's death in 1926, Rangaswami Iyengar returned to ''The Hindu'' and served as its chief editor from 1928 to 1934. During his tenure as chief editor, Rangaswami Iyengar was one of the representatives at the Second Round Table Conference held in

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in 1931.

Death

Rangaswami Iyengar died in 1934. He was succeeded as chief editor of ''The Hindu'' by

K. Srinivasan Kasturi Srinivasan (7 August 1887 – 21 June 1959) was an Indian journalist and businessman. He was the eldest son of S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar. Biography Srinivasan was born to well-known lawyer and journalist, S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar, in ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iyengar, A. Rangaswami 19th-century Indian lawyers 1934 deaths 1877 births People from Thanjavur district Members of the Central Legislative Assembly of India 20th-century Indian lawyers Journalists from Tamil Nadu Lawyers in British India Journalists in British India