S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar

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S.Kasturi Ranga Iyengar
K. Srinivasan,
K. Gopalan

S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar (15 December 1859 – 12 December 1923) was an Indian lawyer,

Indian independence activist, politician and journalist who served as the managing director of The Hindu from 1 April 1905 until his death. He opposed the Mylapore clique as the leader of the Egmore clique
.

Ancestry and family

His eldest brother, Diwan Bahadur

Sangeetha Kalanidhi awardee T. Brinda, and he was Deputy Collector in Madras and Kumbhakonam, and was associated with Madras Music Academy. The Music Academy confers an award in the memory of Kasturi Ranga Iyengar.[3]

Early life

Kasturi Ranga Iyengar was born on 15 December 1859 in the village

Madras to try his luck there. He was not as successful in Madras as he had been in Coimbatore. Eventually, in 1895, he became a legal correspondent with The Hindu which was run by G. Subramania Iyer. He wrote a well known column in the newspaper The Coimbatore Letters. During this period, he also got ample encouragement from C. Karunakara Menon.[1]

The rich and prosperous Kasturi Ranga Iyengar purchased the newspaper for a price of INR 75,000 on 1 April 1905.[4] He became the editor of The Hindu and became the powerful voice of people's aspiration.[5]

As Managing Director

In July 1905, Kasturi Ranga Iyengar appointed his nephew

Home Rule Movement and protested her internment at the orders of Lord Pentland. It also strongly condemned the protests and the resultant killings of Jallianwala Bagh massacre.[4]

Death

Kasturi Ranga Iyengar died on 12 December 1923, three days before his 64th birthday.

K. Srinivasan
.

Legacy

Prior to Kasturi Ranga Iyengar's purchase of The Hindu, he was not much interested in entering public life. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar had the courage to buy a struggling newspaper and embark upon a new enterprise he had no experience in. He was also comparatively new to politics when he made a plunge into the political scenario; yet he was extremely successful for a newcomer. There was always the concern that at some point or the other, he might abandon his anti-British and Indian nationalist attitude. However, this estimation proved to be false. Contemporaries assert that he was just as intelligent and talented as his illustrious brother.[8]

During his tenure as Managing-Director, Kasturi Ranga Iyengar locked horns with

Arthur Lawley and Lord Pentland.[10]

Iyengar exerted as much influence by his fabulous wealth as he did with his writing. Instead of being chastised and compelled to undergo ritual cleansing on his arrival from England, he was instead given a grand welcome with all honours by the Vaishnavite orthodoxy.[11]

Iyengar's descendants now own

Kasturi & Sons
. Ltd.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Some Madras Leaders, Pg 43
  2. ^ Raghavaiyangar, S. Srinivasa. "Memorandum on the Progress of the Madras Presidency during the Last Forty Years of British Administration". Indian Culture. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Janamashtami 2020 | JKYog".
  4. ^ a b "Looking back:MAKING NEWS THE FAMILY BUSINESS". The Hindu. 13 September 2003.
  5. ^ Gopal, Madan (1990). K.S. Gautam (ed.). India through the ages. Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 164.
  6. ^ a b S. Muthiah (13 September 2003). "Looking bck: A clarion call against the Raj". The Hindu.
  7. ^ Appiah S. Kuppuswami (1980). The crest jewel of divine Dravidian culture. Sri Venkateswar Book Depot. p. xxvii.
  8. ^ Some Madras Leaders, Pg 44
  9. ^ Some Madras Leaders, Pg 45
  10. ^ a b Some Madras Leaders, Pg 46
  11. ^ Some Madras Leaders, Pg 47

References

  • Some Madras Leaders. Babu Bishambher Nath Bhargava. 1922.

Further reading

  • V. K. Narasimhan (1963). Kasturi Ranga Iyengar. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.
Preceded by Managing-Director of The Hindu
1905–1923 		Succeeded by
K. Srinivasan
Preceded by Editor of The Hindu
1905–1923 		Succeeded by
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