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Mahakavi Subramania Bharathiyar

Born : 11 Dec 1882 in Ettayapuram, Thoothukudi Dist, in Saiva Brahmin family

- Parents: Chinnasami Aiyar and Lakshmi Ammal (mother died in 1889)
- Personal Name : Chinnasami Subramania Aiyar. The title "Bharathi" (Tamil Bharathi =

Goddess Saraswathi ) conferred to him in 1893 in the Sabha of court-poets in recognition of his

poetic talent-later it became his pet-name.
- 1894-1897: Studied in Hindu College, Tirunelveli.
- 15 June 1897 Married Chellamma, aged 7; 1898 father dies
- 1898-1902 stay at Banares with his aunt, learns Sanksrit, Hindi etc, entrance exam to

Allahabad University.
- 1902-1904 Court poet at Ettayapuram; Aug-Nov 1904 Tamil teacher at Sethupathi High

School, Madurai; Nov 1904 on the staff of Swedhesimithiran, well known Tamil daily of

Madras;
- 1905 active political life starts; 1906 contact with Chidambaram Pillai, on the staff of radical

daily Inthia; Attends Congress session in Calcutta, meets sister Nivedita.
- 1907 Editor of Inthiya and Bala Bharatha; meets Tilak, Aurobindo Ghosh, Lajpath Ray.
- Composes partiotic songs publishes his first book "Swedhsa Geethangkal" in 1908
- 1908 Inthiya newspaper comes under govt surveilance, takes refuge in Pondicherry.
- 1909 2nd volume of poetry - janmmpUmi.
- 1908-1910 Inthiya paper published from Pondicherry; 1910 Aurobindo and VVS Aiyar come

to Pondicherry.
- 1912 - 1918 stays in Pondicherry to avoid arrest by the british, writes political and other

essays; composes poetry-Kannan Pattu, Kuyil Pattu, Panchali Sapatham,
- 1917 first edition of Kannan Pattu released.
- Nov 1918 returns to India, got arrested and released after 34 days.
- 1918-19 leaves for Kilkattiyam and Ettayapuram, lives in poverty; 1919 goes to Madras meets

Gandhi in Rajaaji's house; 1920 joins Swadesimiththran in Triplicane.