<Tr> <Th> Parent (s) </Th> <Td> Chinnaswami Subramania Iyer and Lakshmi Ammal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Signature </Th> </Tr> <P> Chinnaswami Subramania Bharati, also known as Bharathiyar (11 December 1882--11 September 1921) was a Tamil writer, poet and journalist, and Indian independence activist and social reformer from Tamil Nadu . Popularly known as "Mahakavi Bharati", he was a pioneer of modern Tamil poetry and is considered one of the greatest Tamil literary figures of all time . His numerous works were fiery songs kindling patriotism and nationalism during the Indian Independence movement . </P> <P> Born in Ettayapuram of Tirunelveli district (present day Thoothukudi) in 1882, Bharati had his early education in Tirunelveli and Varanasi and worked as a journalist with many newspapers, notable among them being the Swadesamitran and India . Bharati was also an active member of the Indian National Congress . In 1908, an arrest warrant was issued against Bharati by the government of British India for his revolutionary activities, forcing him to flee to Puducherry, where he lived until 1918 . </P>

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