Today is the birth anniversary of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, an important revolutionary of the freedom struggle, who was considered one of the prominent leaders of the Congress Party and considered very close to Mahatma Gandhi. Born on December 10, 1878, in the Vaishnava Brahmin family, Rajagopalachari was called by the name of "Rajaji". Rajagopalachari began his studies at the government school in Hosur. For college, he then went to Central College, Bangalore, from where he graduated and got enrolled in law from Madras Presidency College.

Union Cabinet will approve big scheme, can spend 8500 crores

Rajagopalachari has been speaking out loud against the caste-based man in Indian society since his college days. In the society where Dalits were not allowed to go to temples, they strongly protested for the rights of Dalits. Apart from this, he also campaigned for the Agricultural Debt Relief Act Act in 1938 for farmers.

The symptoms of politics started appearing in Rajagopalachari from the days of college. In the year 1904, he joined politics and joined Congress. The interim government of Prime Minister Nehru, formed in the year 1946, was entrusted with the responsibility of Minister of Industry and Commerce. Apart from this, Rajagopalachari was made the first Governor-General of India after independence.

Pakistan giving training to suicide bombers to attack Indian missions

At the same time in his political journey, he also became the Chief Minister of Madras in 1952. The Bharat Ratna was awarded in 1954, India's best civilian award, from the freedom struggle to politics, for service to the country. However, after working for a long time in the Congress, some ideological differences with Nehru started to be seen. After some time, he left the Congress. Later, Rajagopalachari formed his own 'Anti Congress Swatantra Party'.

Foreign Minister's big statement, says "China in promoting regional stability and development..."

Besides being political and revolutionary, Rajagopalachari also had a passion for writing. He translated Ramayana, Mahabharata and Gita into his language. Apart from this, many original stories were also written. He was also honored by the Sahitya Akademi on the book 'Chakravarti Thirumagam'. Rajagopalachari, who has a very good hold in Tamil language, also translated Ramayana into Tamil. During the jail, he also wrote his book titled 'Meditation in Jail'. Rajagopalachari breathed his last in Chennai on 25 December 1972 at the age of 92.