| 词条 | Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar |
| 释义 |
| name = K. M. Thyagarajan | birth_name = Karumuttu Muthukaruppan Thyagaraja Chettiar | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1893|6|16}} | birth_place = Athikkadu Thekkur,Sivagangai, Tamilnadu | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1974|7|29|1893|6|16}} | occupation = activist, industrialist }}Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar (16 June 1893 – 29 July 1974), often called the 'Textile King ' or 'Textile Baron ', was an Indian independence activist, industrialist and the founder of Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Thiagarajar school of management and Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Salem.[1][2][3] Chettiar was born in 1893 to Muthukaruppan Chettiar and Vinaitherthal achi (Sivakami achi) was born in Sivagangai District, Tamil Nadu. He was the tenth and last child in his family. He was educated at St Thomas' College, Sri Lanka. He edited a newspaper championing the cause of the plantation workers. He returned from Sri Lanka and was elected Secretary of the Madras Province Congress Committee of the Indian National Congress. In his lifetime Chettiar established fourteen textile mills - notable among these The Sree Meenakshi Mills which was once adjudged Asia’s most modern spinning mill and Rukmini Mills , purchased the Loyal Textile Mills -currently a BSE Listed Company, P.Orr and Sons - luxury watch makers and retailers popularly known as the ‘Time keepers of Madras’ , the Bank of Madurai, and the Madurai Insurance Company. For a number of years he also published a daily newspaper called Tamil Nadu Daily. Chettiar also established nineteen educational institutions including Thiagarajar Preceptors College, Thiagarajar School of Management, Thiagarajar College of Engineering and Thiagarajar Polytechnic College.[4][5][6] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/01/03/stories/2009010353370800.htm|title= Made for each other |last=Basu|first=Soma|date=3 January 2009|work=The Hindu|accessdate=5 February 2010}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Chettiar, Karumuttu Thiagarajan}}{{Chettinad Villages}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/km-thiagarajan-passes-away/article1784581.ece|title= K.M. Thiagarajan passes away |date=19 January 2007|work=The Hindu|accessdate=3 October 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/01/31/stories/2007013100221900.htm|title= Thiagarajar College's golden jubilee |date=31 January 2007|work=The Hindu|accessdate=5 February 2010}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tce.edu/?q=node/18|title=Founder of TCE|work=Thiagarajar College of Engineering|accessdate=5 February 2010|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201137/http://www.tce.edu/?q=node%2F18|archivedate=25 July 2010|df=dmy-all}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/edu/2005/02/28/stories/2005022805760500.htm|title= On a high pedestal |date=28 February 2008|work=The Hindu|accessdate=5 February 2010}} 6. ^{{cite book|title=India who's who|publisher=India News and Feature Alliance|year=1973|pages=61|url=https://books.google.com/books?client=firefox-a&cd=2&id=cGVmAAAAMAAJ}} 4 : People from Tamil Nadu|Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu|1893 births|1974 deaths |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。