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 Tamil Viswakarma family of the Madras Presidency.[1] He had his education in Madras and graduated in law.[1] 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.[2] He married Kanakavalli alias Ponammal.T and had 7 sons and 4 daughters.

Politics

Soon after the formation of the Indian National Congress, Rangachari joined the organisation and participated in its meetings. Rangachari was also a member of the Madras Mahajana Sabha.

Rangachari was elected to the Corporation of Madras and also to the senate of the Madras University. He served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council and later, the Imperial Legislative Council of India. He also served as the Deputy Chairman of the Imperial Legislative Council of India.

Death

Rangachari died in 1945 at the age of 80.

Notes

  1. 1 2 The who's who in Madras: A pictorial who's who of distinguished personages, princes, zemindars and noblemen in the Madras Presidency, Issue 9. Pearl Press. 1940. p. 205.
  2. ↑ Vinayak Purohit (1988). Arts of transitional India twentieth century. Vol. 1. ISBN 9780861321384.

References

  • Some Madras Leaders. 1922. pp. 35–37.
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