14:41, 24 January 2007 (UTC)KarumuttuThiagarajan kannan Kalaithanthai Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, Son of Thiru. Muthukaruppan Chettiar and Thirumathi. Vinaitherthal achi(Sivakami achi) was born on 16 June 1893 at A.Thekkur in Sivagangai district of 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. After his return to India he started Meenakshi Mills, Madurai in 1925. The Chettiars also Chetty, Chetti, Setty, Chitty, Shetty and Shettigar is a title, commonly used by people of South Indian origin in India and abroad. ... The Chettiars also Chetty, Chetti, Setty, Chitty, Shetty and Shettigar is a title, commonly used by people of South Indian origin in India and abroad. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Sivagangai is the land of Marudhu Pandyas who opposed the colonial power with patriotic fervour. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Kalaithanthai Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar founded the Sree Meenakshi Mills in Madurai, India in 1925. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

He took an active part in the struggle for the Indian Independence . He founded fourteen textile mills, nineteen educational institutions, Bank of Madura, and Madurai Insurance Company. He also published for a number of years a daily called 'Tamil Nadu daily'. He was ardent lover of architecture, music and literature.He hosted many guests including Mahatma Gandhi and Rajaji. This great philanthropist used a large part of his wealth for the development of higher education. Thiagarajar College of Engineering is one among the several educational and philanthropic institutions founded by him in the year 1957.This Engineering college is now an autonomous instituton and among the top five estemmed colleges in TamilNadu, which even today doesnot accept ANY capitation fees.Thiagarajar Preceptors College and Thiagarajar school of Management were also founded by him. He also founded Thiagaraja College of Arts and Science on the banks of the Theppakulam in Madurai.He was the first person to start a school in Thekkur named Visalakshi Kalasalai which provides education for rural children in and around the chettinad region.His interest towards Tamil literature had no bounds.He knew byheart the verses of Tiruvasakam by saint Manickavasagar.The houses he built still stand as examples of his love towards art and interest towards architecture.He was also an ardent lover of Shakespear's literature which made him buy libraries from the british for whatever cost they sold it at.The mills he started and temples of education he built provide employment and quality education to thousands today. Karumuttu Thiagarajar Chettiar died on 29 July 1974. The Indian independence movement was a series of steps taken in the Indian subcontinent for independence from British colonial rule, beginning with the Rebellion of 1857. ... Bank of Madurai (est. ... Thiagarjar College of Engineering is an engineering college in Tirupparamkunram, South Tamilnadu, a township near the city of Madurai, India. ... July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

His torch is today carried by his son and heir shri Karumuttu Thiagrajar Kannan.