>Citation bot at 00:33, 17 March 2021

2021-03-17T00:33:50Z

New page

{{more footnotes|date=October 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = C. P. Chitrarasu
| birth_name = Chinnaraj P. Chitrarasu
| parents = C.K.Peddasamy Naidu,<ref name=TNLC>{{cite book|editor1-last=Tamil Nadu (India). Legislature. Legislative Council|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xFbyYt6he9AC&q=c.k.peddasamy+naidu+father+|title=Who is who, Volume 7 |publisher= Legislative Council Department|year=1972 |page=21 }}</ref><br />Lakshmiammal
| birth_place = Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1906|4|11}}<ref name=TNLC />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1978|2|16|1908|9|4}}
}}
'''C. P. Chitrarasu''' (11 April 1906 – 16 February 1978) was an Indian politician and writer from [[Tamil Nadu]]. He was the [[List of Speakers of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|chairman]] of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Council]] during 1970-76. He was nicknamed ''Sindhanai Sirpi'' (lit. Sculptor of thought).

==Biography==
Chitrarasu was born in [[Kanchipuram]] to Bethasamy Naidu and Lakshmi Ammal. His birth name was "Chinnaraj". He changed his name due to the influence of Ku. Mu. Annal Thango of the [[Tanittamil Iyakkam]]. He joined the [[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]] in the 1930s. He was an associate of [[C. N. Annadurai]]. When Annadurai left the [[Dravidar Kazhagam]] (successor to the Justice party) to form the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) in 1949, Chitrarasu followed him. He was among the DMK's leading public speakers. He started a magazine called ''Theepori'' in 1953. In 1959 he became the editor of the periodical ''Inamuzhakkam''. In the 1950s he worked as a script writer at the Modern Theaters film company. Chitrarasu wrote a total of 23 books including biographies of world leaders and plays. He also wrote the script for the 1960 film ''[[Aadavantha Deivam]]''.

Chitrarasu was a member of DMK's general and executive councils. He was also the editor of its official newspaper ''Nam Naadu''. He contested and lost the [[Indian general election in Madras, 1957|1957 general elections]] and [[1962 Madras State legislative assembly election|1962 assembly elections]] from the [[Tirupattur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tirupattur]] and [[Harbour (State Assembly Constituency)|Harbour]] constituencies respectively. In 1970 he was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative council and became its presiding officer (chairman). He continued in that position till 1976. He left the DMK in 1976 and joined [[M. G. Ramachandran]]'s [[ADMK]].

He died in 1978. On his death Mr.M.G.Ramachandran the then chief minister of Tamil Nadu walked the entire of approx 3 km stretch from C.P Chitarasu residence at Anna Nagar, Chennai to burial ground in New Avadi Road, Chennai, followed by his cabinet colleagues along the vehicle carrying his mortal remains of C.P.Chitarasu. In 1989, the collectorate at Vellore was named after him by the Chief Minister Mr.M.Karunanidhi.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*''Dravida Iyakka Thoongal'' (1999), Thirunavukkarasu Ka, Nakkeeran publishers, pp 155–167
*[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf 1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090409234842/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf Volume I, 1957 Indian general election, 2nd Lok Sabha]

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chitrarasu, C. P.}}
[[Category:1908 births]]
[[Category:1978 deaths]]
[[Category:Members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council]]
[[Category:Tamil writers]]

C. P. Chitrarasu - Revision history

>Citation bot at 00:33, 17 March 2021