Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillaishortly V. Ramalingam Pillai(October 19, 1888 - August 24, 1972) was a Tamil poet from Tamil Nadu, India and independence fighter. He is well known for his poems about independence.He was born on October 19, 1888 at Mohanur, Namakkal District in Tamil Nadu. His father was working as a Head constable at Mohanur and his mother was a pious lady. He was the eighth child of his parents. Ramalingam had his school educations in Namakkal and Coimbatore. He did his BA in 1909, from Bishop Heber College at Trichy. Initially he worked as a clerk at Namakkal Tahsildar's office and later worked as a primary school teacher.