M. C. Rajah

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Mylai Chinna Thambi Pillai Rajah (17 June 1883 – 23 August 1943) was an Indian politician, educationist, social and political activist from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Rajah was born to a Tamil family of Madras. He entered politics after graduation and was a leader in the Justice Party. However, he quit the party in 1923 over the party's treatment of the then Depressed Classes. He was the first leader who organized the Scheduled Classes at the national level in India, and the most prominent Scheduled Classes leader of pre-independent India. In his heyday, Rajah was considered to be a person equal in stature to B. R. Ambedkar. He was the pioneer of mid-day meal scheme in India. rdf:langString
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rdf:langString St. Thomas Mount, Madras, India
xsd:date 1943-08-23
rdf:langString St. Thomas Mount, Madras, India
xsd:date 1883-06-17
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rdf:langString Madras Christian College
xsd:date 1883-06-17
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rdf:langString Scheduled Castes Rights Activist, Freedom Fighter, Politician
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