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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Kalki Sadasivam<br />
| image = Sadasivam M.S. Marriage photo 1940.jpg<br />
| caption = Marriage photo of Sadasivam and [[M. S. Subbulakshmi]], 1940<br />
| birth_name = Thiagaraja Sadasivam<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1902|09|4}}<br />
| birth_place = Aangarai, [[Trichinopoly District|Trichinopoly]], [[Madras Presidency]], British India<br />
| children = [[Radha Viswanathan]]<br />
[[Vijaya Rajedran]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1997|11|22|1902|09|4}}<br />
| death_place = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India<br />
| occupation = writer, journalist, [[Indian Independence Movement|freedom fighter]], singer, film producer<br />
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'''Thiagaraja Sadasivam''' (4 September 1902 – 22 November 1997<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/nov/22sad.htm Rediff on the Net:Freedom Fighter Sadasivam Dead]</ref>), better known as '''Kalki Sadasivam''', was an Indian [[Indian independence movement|freedom fighter]], singer, journalist and film producer who was one of the founders, along with [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]] of the Tamil magazine [[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]. He is well known as the husband of famous classical carnatic singer [[M.S. Subbulakshmi]].<br />
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== Life ==<br />
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Kalki Sadasivam was born in a [[brahmin]] family<ref>{{Cite web|last=Iyer|first=Aditya|title=MS Subbulakshmi: 100 years of a Carnatic legend|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/static/ms-subbulakshmi-carnatic-rockstar/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>on 4 September 1902 at Aangarai in [[Tiruchirapalli District]], the third of 16 children of Tyagarajan and Mangalam Iyer. Impressed by the fiery speeches and writings of [[Lala Lajpat Rai]], [[Bipin Chandra Pal]], [[Lokamanya Tilak]] and [[Aurobindo Ghosh]], Kalki Sadasivam joined the [[Indian Independence Movement|freedom movement]] at an early age and being a disciple of [[Subramaniya Siva]] desired to kill an Englishman and court imprisonment for the sake of it. As a result, he quit school and enlisted in the Bharata Samaj, serving [[Subramaniya Siva]] who was afflicted with leprosy and ardent involving himself in the Swadeshi Movement.<ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19971122/32650403.html Sadasivam was Spartan Gandhian,PTI, 21 November 1997]</ref> On listening to speeches by [[Rajaji|Rajagopalachari]] and [[Mahatma Gandhi]] he later adopted [[non-violence]].<br />
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Sadasivam had two daughters named Radha and Vijaya from his first wife, Smt. Apithakuchambal, who died in 1940. In July 1936, Sadasivam met [[M.S. Subbulakshmi]], who subscribed to his ideological and political views. The two eventually married on 10 July 1940 after his first wife died. Radha later became a popular musician in her own right.<br />
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Sadasivam was also close to journalist and writer [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]] with whom he co-founded the popular magazine Kalki in 1940. Sadasivam's nephew (sister's son) Ramachandran, known as Ambi in music circles, married Krishnamurthy's daughter Anandi. <ref>https://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9871</ref> <br />
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Sadasivam died in 1997, at the age of 95. <br />
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