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| name = Manonmaniyam P. Sundaram Pillai<br />
| image = Manonmaniam Sundaram Pillai.tif<br />
| birth_name = Manmoniyam Perumal Sundaram<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1855|4|4}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kuttanad]], [[Travancore]] (present-day [[Alappuzha district]], [[Kerala]], India)<br />
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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1897|4|26|1855|4|4}}<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Writer]]|[[Scholar]]}}<br />
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'''Manonmaniyam P. Sundaranar''' (4 April 1855 – 26 April 1897) was an Indian writer and scholar, noted for the famous [[Tamil drama]] ''[[Manonmaniyam]]''.<ref name=film>{{cite news|title=Manonmani 1942|author=Randor Guy|authorlink=Randor Guy|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/article961803.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 December 2010|access-date=11 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022161520/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/article961803.ece|archive-date=22 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as the state song of Tamil Nadu [[Tamil Thai Valthu (Tamil Nadu)|Tamil Thai Valthu]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
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Sundaram showed his respect for Harvey, a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] Professor of Philosophy and English at The ''Maharaja's College'', by dedicating his drama ''Manonmaniyam'' to him, and naming his farmhouse after him.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.internationalstory.gla.ac.uk/person/?id=WH11787 |title=University of Glasgow :: International Story :: Robert Harvey |publisher=Internationalstory.gla.ac.uk |date=2011-06-16 |accessdate=2015-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704100134/http://www.internationalstory.gla.ac.uk/person/?id=WH11787 |archive-date=4 July 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Together they wrote the book, ''Some Early Sovereigns of Travancore''.<br />
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The MDT Hindu College, Tirunelveli, of which he was the first Principal, describes his works as follows:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mdthinducollegetirunelveli.org/princi.htm |title=Madurai Diraviyam Thayumanavar Hindu College, Tirunelveli |publisher=Mdthinducollegetirunelveli.org |date= |accessdate=2015-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510040840/http://www.mdthinducollegetirunelveli.org/princi.htm |archive-date=10 May 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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In 1885, he published ''Chathira Saugiragam'', commonly known as ''Nootrogai Villakkam''. He wrote and published his masterpiece ''Manonmaniam'' in 1891. In the same year, he became a member Fellow of [[Madras University]] (FMU). In 1897, ''Some Early Sovereigns of Travancore'' was published and he became a Member of [[Royal Asiatic Society]] (MRAS).{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}<br />
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==Death==<br />
He died of [[diabetes]] on 26 April 1897, at age 42. His son [[P. S. Nataraja Pillai]] served as Minister of Finance for [[Travancore-Cochin]] state from 1954–56 and was also a member of [[Constituent Assembly of India]]. He was elected to state legislative assembly of [[Kerala]] and to the [[Parliament of India|Indian Parliament]] as a [[Lok Sabha]] member. He was politically associated with the [[Indian National Congress]] and [[Praja Socialist Party]] of India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1596.htm |title=Members Bioprofile |access-date=4 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804165501/http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1596.htm |archive-date=4 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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==Legacy==<br />
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[[Manonmaniam Sundaranar University]] was named after him.<br />
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The 1942 cinema adaptation of ''[[Manonmani (film)|Manonmani]]'' is considered a classic film.<ref name=film/><br />
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==Works==<br />
*''Nūṟṟokai viḷakkam'' (''நூற்றொகை விளக்கம்'') ([[Tamil language|Tamil]],1888)<br />
*''Maṉōṉmaṇīyam'' (''மனோன்மணீயம்'') ([[Drama]], 1891)<br />
*{{cite book|title=Some early sovereigns of Travancore (திருவிதாங்கூர் பண்டை மன்னர் கால ஆராய்ச்சி|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=GoS1AAAAIAAJ}}|year=1894|publisher=P.S. Natarajan}}<br />
*{{cite book|title=Some Milestones in the History of Tamil Literature: Found in an Enquiry Into the Age of Tiru Gnana Sambandha|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=FrwxAQAAMAAJ}}|year=1895|publisher=Addison & Company}}<br />
*''Tamiḻttāy vāḻttu (தமிழ்த்தாய் வாழ்த்து)''<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Tamil Thai]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*Dr. Kanam Sankara Pillai, [http://www.saivaneri.org/manonmaniam-sundaram-pillai-or-manonmaniam-sundaranaar.htm Prof. Manonmaneeyam Sundaram Pillai MA (1855-1897)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121071241/http://www.saivaneri.org/manonmaniam-sundaram-pillai-or-manonmaniam-sundaranaar.htm |date=21 January 2010 }}<br />
*[http://www.tamilnation.org/literature/pmunicode/mp105.htm Manonmaniyam] ([[Project Madurai]])<br />
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