| Names |
CHAKRAVARTI
RAJAGOPALACHARI - Popularly called 'RAJAJI' |
| Date of
Birth |
December 10, 1878 |
| Date of
Death |
December 25, 1972 |
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Profession / Traits / Activities |
Indian lawyer,
independence activist, politician, writer and statesman |
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- December 21, 1921: He was
imprisoned on this day for the first time. In 1922, he
published Siraiyil Tavam (Meditation in jail), a day-to-day
account of his first imprisonment by the British from this
day till 20 March 1922.
- July 14, 1937: He was
appointed as the Premier of Madras.
- October 09, 1939: He
retired as the Premier of Madras.
- August 15, 1947: He became
the Governor of West Bengal.
- June 20, 1948: He retired
as the Governor of West Bengal.
- June 21, 1948: He was
appointed Governor-General of India.
- January 26, 1950: He
retired as the Governor-General of India.
- December 26, 1950: He
became the Minister of Home Affairs, Govt. of India.
- October 25, 1951: He
retired as the Minister of Home Affairs, Govt. of India.
- April 10, 1952: He became
the Chief Minister of Madras.
- May 31, 1952: He put an end
to sugar rationing.
- June 05, 1952: He abolished
control over food supplies.
- April 13, 1954: He resigned
as the Chief Minister of Madras.
- May 23, 1954: He wrote a
Tamil re-telling of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana which
appeared as a serial in the Tamil magazine Kalki from this
day till to November 06, 1955.
- January 26, 1955: He was
decorated with BHARAT RATNA Award.
- January 28, 1956: He signed
a resolution along with Annadurai and Periyar endorsing the
continuation of English as the official language.
- March 08, 1958: At an
All-India Language Conference held on this day, he declared:
"Hindi is as much foreign to non-Hindi speaking people as
English [is] to the protagonists of Hindi".
- June 04, 1959: He announced
the formation of the new Swatantra Party at a meeting in
Madras.
- January 17, 1965: When the
Anti-Hindi agitations broke out in 1965, he completely
reversed his 1938 support for the introduction of Hindi and
took a strongly anti-Hindi stand in support of the protests.
On this day, he convened the Madras state Anti-Hindi
conference in Tiruchirapalli, where he criticised the
related provisions of the Indian Constitution.
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| Developments / Events |
- The Last (First Indian) Governor-General of India.
- Former Chief Minister of Madras State.
- He also was the leader of the Indian National
Congress, Premier of the Madras Presidency, Governor of West
Bengal, Minister for Home Affairs of the Indian Union and
Chief Minister of Madras state.
- He also founded the Swatantra Party.
- He was instrumental in setting up a united Anti-Congress
front in Madras state under C. N. Annadurai, which swept the
1967 elections.
- He pioneered temperance and temple entry movements in
India and advocated Dalit upliftment.
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