| 词条 | V. I. Munuswamy Pillai |
| 释义 |
| honorific-prefix = Rao Sahib | name = Vellore Iyyasamy Munuswamy Pillai | honorific-suffix = | image = V. I. Munuswamy Pillai.jpg | caption = Portrait from the Haripura Congress Souvenir, 1938 | order1 = Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (Madras Presidency) | term_start1 = 14 July 1937 | term_end1 = 9 October 1939 | governor1 = John Erskine, Lord Erskine | premier1 = C. Rajagopalachari | birth_date = 1889 | birth_place = Ootacamund, Madras Presidency | death_date = 14 December 1953 | death_place = Madras | nationality = Indian | party = Indian National Congress | religion = | profession = businessman | spouse = }} Rao Sahib Vellore Iyyasamy Munuswamy Pillai (23 February 1889 – 14 December 1953) also spelled as Munisami Pillai, was an Indian businessman, politician, Scheduled Caste activist and activist of the Indian independence movement who served as the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development in the government of C. Rajagopalachari from 1937 to 1939. Early lifeMunuswamy Pillai was born in a poor family in Ootacamund, Nilgiris district in 1889. Due to his adverse financial circumstances, Munuswamy Pillai could afford little formal education and was forced to take up a job as a clerk at the age of twenty. After a successful stint as a clerk, Munuswamy Pillai set up his own business in 1925. Public lifeMunuswamy Pillai was nominated to the Madras Legislative Council in 1926 representing the depressed classes. He supported the policies of the Indian National Congress and served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in Rajaji's cabinet from 1937 to 1939. Later lifeMunuswamy Pillai retired from public life following the resignation of the Congress ministry in 1939. He returned to politics and was later elected to the Indian Constituent Assembly from Madras in 1946.[1] He contested and lost the 1952 parliamentary elections from Tindivanam as an Indian National Congress candidate.[2] He died on 14 December 1953 at the 63.[3] A special resolution was passed by the Madras Legislative Assembly condoling his death.[3] Notes1. ^Members of the Constituent Assembly {{DEFAULTSORT:Pillai, V. I. Munuswamy}}2. ^ECI report on 1951 election 3. ^1 {{cite web|title=Resume of the 1st Madras Legislative Assembly (1952-1957) Chapter XIV:Motions and Resolutions|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/Resumes/review_01assly/ch14.pdf|publisher=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly}} 7 : 1889 births|1953 deaths|People from Ooty|20th-century Indian businesspeople|Businesspeople from Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu politicians|Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu |
| 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。