V.O. Chidambaram Pillai

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V.O. Chidambaram Pillai


Born
in Thoothukudi, India
September 05, 1872

Died
November 18, 1936


Vallinayagam Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai தமிழ்: வ.உ. சிதம்பரப்பிள்ளை (5 September 1872 - 18 November 1936) was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, businessman and politician. He founded the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1906 to compete against the monopoly of the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISNC). He launched the first indigenous Indian shipping service between Tuticorin in British India and Colombo in Ceylon. Once a member of the Indian National Congress, he was later charged with sedition by the British government and sentenced to life imprisonment, and his barrister license was revoked. He is known by the epithet Kappalottiya Tamizhan ("Tamil helmsman"). Tuticorin Port Trust, one of India's thirteen major ports, is ...more

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