Subramanya Bharathi
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Tamil poet, social reformer, fighter for Indian freedom & women's rights
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1882-12-11 ) 11 December 1882, Ettayapuram , Tirunelveli district , Madras Presidency , British India , (present-day Thoothukudi district , Tamil Nadu , India)
- Died
- 11 September 1921 (1921-09-11) (aged 38), Madras , Madras Presidency, British India, (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
- Other names
- Bharatiyar, Subbaiah, Sakthi Dasan, Mahakavi, Mundasu Kavignar, Veera Kavi
- Citizenship
- Indian
- Occupations
- Writer Poet Composer Journalist Teacher Indian Independence Activist Social reformer Polyglot
- Movement
- Indian independence movement
- Spouse
- Chellamma (m. 1896–1921)
- Family
- Rajkumar Bharathi (great-grandson)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- British Raj
- Place of birth
- Ettayapuram
- Place of death
- Chennai
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Tamil
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Subramanya Bharathi.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Triplicane
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- Commons category
- Subramanya Bharathi
- date of birth
- 1882-12-11
- date of death
- 1921-09-12
- writing language
- Tamil
- name in native language
- சுப்பிரமணிய பாரதி
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Encyclopedic overview
Subramania Bharati (Born Chinnaswami Subramaniyan; 11 December 1882 – 11 September 1921) was an Indian writer, poet, composer, journalist, teacher, Indian independence activist, social reformer and polyglot. He was bestowed the title Bharati for his poetry and was a pioneer of modern Tamil poetry. He is popularly known by his title Bharati or Bharatiyar and also by the other title "Mahakavi Bharati" ("the great poet Bharati"). His works included patriotic songs composed during the Indian Independence movement. He fought for the emancipation of women, against child marriage, opposed the caste system, and advocated reforms of the society and religion.
Born in Ettayapuram of Tirunelveli district (present-day Thoothukudi) in 1882, Bharati had his early education in Tirunelveli. He later lived in Varanasi for sometime where he was exposed to Hindu theology and new languages. He worked as a journalist with many newspapers, including Swadesamitran, The Hindu, Bala Bharata, Vijaya, Chakravarthini and India. He considered Sister Nivedita, a disciple of Swami Vivekananda, as his guru.
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