T. Rangachari
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Diwan Bahadur T. Rangachari CIE
Order of the Indian Empire
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(1865–1945) was an Indian lawyer, politician, journalist, legislator and Indian independence activist.

Early life

Rangachari was born in 1865 in a prominent land-owning Iyengar
Iyengar
Iyengar or Ayyangar is a caste given to Hindu Brahmins of Tamil origin who follow the Visishtadvaita philosophy propounded by Sri Ramanujacharya. They are found mostly in Tamil Nadu as they are generally native to the Tamil Nadu state of the Republic of India...

 family of the Madras Presidency
Madras Presidency
The Madras Presidency , officially the Presidency of Fort St. George and also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision of British India...

. 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 censor 1927-28
under the competitive condition created by American social Romance, western, Comedies, Gangster
and crime stories, where Indian market was surviving mythological stories

Politics

Soon after the formation of the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

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

.

Rangachari was elected to the Corporation of Madras and also to the senate
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a legislature or parliament. There have been many such bodies in history, since senate means the assembly of the eldest and wiser members of the society and ruling class...

 of the Madras University. He served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council
Madras Legislative Council
Tamil Nadu Legislative Council is the upper house of the 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 initially created as an advisory body in 1861, by the British...

 and later, the Imperial Legislative Council of India. He also served as the Deputy-Chairman of the Imperial Legislative Council of India.
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