Namakkal ramalingam pillai biography of michael

One Hundred Tamils of the 20th Century

Namakkal V. Ramalingam Pillai
நாமக்கல் கவிஞர்
ராமலிங்கம் பிள்ளை
1888 - 1972

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Professor C.R.Krishnamurthi on Namakkal V.

Ramalingam Pillai atThamizh Literature Through the Ages-

"...Like MahA Kavi SubramaNiya BhArathiyAr, (Namakkal) rAmaligam PiLLai belonged to a generation of Thamizh poets who grew up at a time when the struggle for political freedom was in full swing.

People in different walks of life, endowed with talents in different disciplines were heavily influenced by GAndhiji's idealism and social and moral philosophy; these patriots developed deep convictions about the supreme value