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| name = A. Rangaswami Iyengar
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| birth_date = July 1877
| birth_place = [[Erukathur]], [[Madras Presidency]]
| death_date = 4 February 1934 (Age 56)
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| known_for = journalism, British constitutional expertise
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| employer = [[The Hindu]]
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'''A. Rangaswami Iyengar''' (July 1877 – 4 February 1934) was an Indian journalist, lawyer and politician who served as a member of the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] and as the Chief Editor of ''[[The Hindu]]'' from 1928 till his death in 1934. He was a nephew of [[Kasturi Ranga Iyengar]].

== Early life ==

Rangaswami Iyengar was born in the village of [[Erukathur]] near [[Tiruvarur]] in the then [[Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)|Tanjore district]] in July 1877 to Narasimha Iyengar. He studied law in Madras. On completion of his studies, he practised as a [[lawyer]] in the [[Madras High Court]].<ref name="copleypp240">{{cite book|title=C. Rajagopalachari, Gandhi's southern commander|page=240|first=Antony R. H.|last=Copley|publisher=Indo-British Historical Society|year=1986}}</ref>

== Career ==

When [[Kasturi Ranga Iyengar]] purchased ''[[The Hindu]]'' in 1905, he appointed Rangaswami Iyengar as an Assistant Editor. Rangaswami Iyengar served as Assistant Editor from 1905 to 1915,<ref name="copleypp240" /> when he resigned to manage the affairs of its sister publication ''[[Swadesamitran]]''. Rangaswami Iyengar joined the [[Swaraj Party]] and served as its General Secretary from 1925 to 1927.<ref name="copleypp240" />

Rangaswami was elected to the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] for two consecutive terms in 1923 and 1926.<ref name="copleypp240" /> On [[S. Rangaswami Iyengar]]'s death in 1926, Rangaswami Iyengar returned to ''The Hindu'' and served as its Chief Editor from 1928 to 1934.<ref name="copleypp240" /> During his tenure as Chief Editor, Rangaswami Iyengar was one of the representatives at the [[Round Table Conferences (India)#Second Round Table Conference .28September .E2.80.93 December 1931.29|Second Round Table Conference]] held in [[London]] in 1931.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

== Death ==

Rangaswami Iyengar died in 1934. He was succeeded as Chief Editor of ''The Hindu'' by [[K. Srinivasan]].

== Works ==

* {{cite book|first=A. Rangaswami|last=Iyengar|title=The Newspaper Press in India|publisher=Bangalore Press|year=1933}}
* {{cite book|first=A. Rangaswami|last=Iyengar|title=The Indian Constitution, An Introductory Study|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.279116}}

== Notes ==
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== External links ==

* {{cite web|title=Portrait of A. Rangaswami Iyengar at the National Portrait Gallery|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw116376/A-Rangaswami-Iyengar|publisher=National Portrait Gallery}}

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