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V. V. S. Aiyar

Indian revolutionary

Died when: 44 years 62 days (530 months)
Star Sign: Aries

 

V. V. S. Aiyar

Varahaneri Venkatesa Subramaniam Aiyar (2 April 1881 – 3 June 1925), also known as V.V.S.Aiyar, was an Indian revolutionary from Tamil Nadu who fought against British colonial rule in India.

His contemporaries include Subramanya Bharathi and V.O.Chidambaram Pillai, who subscribed to militant forms of resistance against the British colonial government.

He went into exile in Pondicherry, then under French rule, when his militant activities attracted a warrant for his arrest from the British colonial government.

Aiyar was also a Tamil writer and is considered as the father of modern Tamil short story.He also translated the Ramavatharam of Kambar and Tirukkural into English.

V.V.S Aiyar is mentor of Vanchinathan.


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