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{{Infobox person
| name = Ganapathi Agraharam Annadhurai Ayyar Natesan
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1873|08|25}}
| image = G. A. Natesan 1933.jpg
| caption = G. A. Natesan in 1933
| birth_place = [[Ganapathi Agraharam]], [[Thanjavur district]]
| spouse = Mangalamma
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1948|04|29|1873|08|25}}
| occupation = writer, journalist, politician, publisher
}}
'''Ganapathi Agraharam Annadhurai Ayyar Natesan''' (25 August 1873 – 29 April 1948) was an Indian writer, [[journalist]], [[publisher]], [[politician]] and freedom-fighter from the erstwhile [[Madras Presidency]]. He was the founder and [[proprietor]] of G. A. Natesan & Co. which published [[nationalist]] books, the most prominent among whom was ''The Indian Review''.

==Early life==
Natesan was born in the [[village]] of [[Ganapathi Agraharam]] in [[Thanjavur district]] on 25 August 1873. He had his [[schooling]] in [[Kumbakonam]]<ref name="dnbp245">{{cite book|title=Dictionary of national biography|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.11619|author=Siba Pada Sen|pages=[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.11619/page/n320 245]–246|publisher=Institute of Historical Studies|year=1972}}</ref> He [[Graduation|graduated]] in [[arts]] from the [[Presidency College, Madras]]<ref name="world_bio_p3429">{{cite book|title=World biography|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.6694|publisher=Institute for Research in Biography|year=1948}}</ref> and started a career as a [[publisher]]. He first [[apprentice]]d under Glyn Barlow before starting his own publishing company, G. A. Natesan & Co. in 1897.<ref name="world_bio_p3429" /><ref name="diamondjubileep39">{{cite book|title=Diamond jublee: sixty years of publishing, 1897-1957|pages=39|publisher=G. A. Natesan & Co.|year=1957}}</ref>

==Indian independence movement==
[[File:Gandhi Natesan Hasan.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Gandhi and Kasturbai, with Hasan (left) and G. A. Natesan (right), Madras (1915)]]
Natesan was involved with the [[Indian independence movement]] right from his early days. In 1900, he started ''The Indian Review'', a monthly publication in English.<ref name="southernindiap733">{{cite book|title=Southern India: its history, people, commerce, and industrial resources|url=https://archive.org/details/southernindiaits00some|author=Somerset Playne|author2=J. W. Bond |author3=Arnold Wright |pages=[https://archive.org/details/southernindiaits00some/page/733 733]|year=1914}}</ref> While covering mostly nationalistic themes, ''The Indian Review'' also included literary reviews, [[illustrations]] and sections on economy and [[agriculture]].<ref name="southernindiap733" /> Natesan advertised on the front page that his publication was "devoted to the discussion of all topics of interest".<ref name="southernindiap733" />

When [[Mahatma Gandhi]] visited [[Madras]] for the first time since his arrival in India in 1915, he stayed at Natesan's house at Thambu Chetty Street, [[George Town, Chennai|Georgetown]].<ref name="sabarmatiashram">{{cite web |title=The Mahatma: Gandhi and Kasturba |publisher=Gandhi Ahsram at Sabarmati |url=http://www.gandhiashram.org.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=64 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206095448/http://www.gandhiashram.org.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=64 |archive-date=6 February 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name="gandhimadras">{{cite news|title=When Gandhi visited Madras|url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2003/01/26/stories/2003012600160200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030620060057/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2003/01/26/stories/2003012600160200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 June 2003|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 January 2003}}</ref> His stay lasted from 17 April 1915 to 8 May 1915.<ref name="gandhimadras" />

==Later life==
In his later life, Natesan underwent a change of [[ideology]] and joined the [[Indian Liberal Party]].<ref name="centurycyclopediap2892">{{cite book|title=New Century Cyclopedia of Names|pages=2892|author=Clarence Lewis Barnhart|author2=William Darrach Halsey|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1980|id={{ISBN|0136119476}}, {{ISBN|978-0-13-611947-0}}}}</ref> He was elected [[Joint Secretary]] of the Liberal Party in 1922.<ref name="centurycyclopediap2892" /> He was first nominated as a non-official member to the Council of State in 1923 and for a second time in 1931.<ref name="centurycyclopediap2892" /><ref name="sasthiabdapoorthip55">{{cite book|title=Souvenir of the sashtiabdha-poorthi of the Hon. Mr. G. A. Natesan|pages=55|author=B. Natesan|publisher=G. A. Natesan & Co.|year=1933}}</ref> During his tenure as a member of the Council of State, Natesan served as member of the Indian Delegation to the [[Empire Parliamentary Association]] in [[Canada]].<ref name="dnbp245" /> He also served as the member of the Indian Iron and Steel Tariff Board in 1933-34.<ref name="centurycyclopediap2892" /><ref name="india_economicandcommercialconditionsp76">{{cite book|title=India: economic and commercial conditions in India|pages=76|author=Great Britain. Commercial Relations and Exports Dept|publisher=H.M. Stationery Off.|year=1935}}</ref> Natesan was appointed Sheriff of Madras in 1938.<ref name="centurycyclopediap2892" />

==Death==
Natesan died on 29 April 1948 at the age of 74. He was extremely active until the time of his death.<ref name="dnbp245" />

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