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'''A. Nagappa Chettiar''' (1915-1982) was an Indian industrialist and one of the pioneers of the Indian leather industry.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/01/25/stories/0625000n.htm | title=Title unknown | date=25 January 2001 | work=[[The Hindu]] | accessdate=May 9, 2015}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name="Industrial Economist">{{cite web | url=http://www.industrialeconomist.com/page.php?page=71&cid=947 | title=Industrial Economist | publisher=Industrial Economist | date=10 March 2015 | accessdate=May 9, 2015 | archive-date=24 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034533/http://www.industrialeconomist.com/page.php?page=71&cid=947 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Born on 6 August 1915 at Melasivapuri in [[Pudukkottai district]] in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Chettiar ventured into leather business which grew into a large trading group with presence in India and abroad.<ref name="Book Review">{{cite web | url=http://vmkhaleelurrahman.blogspot.ae/2015/03/padma-shri-nagappa-chettiar.html | title=Book Review | publisher=VM Khaleel ur Rehman | date=2015 | accessdate=May 9, 2015}}</ref> His efforts were reported behind the elimination of middlemen from the leather exports from India and he pioneered the concept of finished leather goods exports during a time when semi finished goods were the main leather export commodity.<ref name="The Hindu" /><br />
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Chettiar initiated the organization of an annual leather fair under the aegis of the [[Central Leather Research Institute]] which has grown to be the largest fair of its kind in Asia<ref name="Industrial Economist" /> and he was one of the founding members of Leather Export Promotion Council of India.<ref name="Book Review" /><ref name="Government of India">{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/stream/gov.in.is.1639.1960/is.1639.1960_djvu.txt | title=Government of India | publisher=Government of India | date=2015 | accessdate=May 9, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Law Resource">{{cite web | url=https://law.resource.org/pub/in/bis/S02/is.580.1973.txt | title=Law Resource | publisher=Law Resource | date=2015 | accessdate=May 9, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094858/https://law.resource.org/pub/in/bis/S02/is.580.1973.txt | archive-date=18 May 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 1967, with the award of [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to the society.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |accessdate=November 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=October 15, 2015 }}</ref> He died on 13 March 1982 at the age of 67.<ref name="Book Review" /><br />
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* [[Central Leather Research Institute]]<br />
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