| Name(s) |
Chinnaswami
SUBRAMANYA BHARATHI |
| Date of
Birth |
December 11, 1882 |
| Date of
Death |
September 11, 1921 |
|
Identity |
An Indian Tamil
poet, reformer and freedom fighter during the pre-independence
era. |
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Other Events &
Developments |
- His poetry influenced the masses in the south India to
join the great Indian struggle for independence.
- His name is counted amongst the most celebrated poets of
the country.
- Also referred to by the name of Mahakavi Bharathiyar
meaning Great Poet of Tamil.
- He was an expert at both prose and poetry.
- His time was the most eventful one in the history of
India and his contemporaries included the likes of Mahatma
Gandhi, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Sri Aurobindo and V.V.S.
Aiyar.
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