Sir Chirravoori Yajneswara Chinthamani | |
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| Born | 10 April 1880 |
| Died | 1 July 1941(1941-07-01) (aged 61) |
| Occupations | journalist, politician |
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Sir Chirravoori Yajneswara Chintamani (10 April 1880 – 1 July 1941) was an Indianeditor, journalist, liberal politician and parliamentarian.
He was born on the Telugu New Year's Day (ugadi) atVizianagaram,Andhra Pradesh,India.[citation needed] He was called the "Pope of Indian Journalism" by noted Indian statesman SriV. S. Srinivasa Sastri.[citation needed]
At 18, he became the editor of the newspaperVizag Spectator.[1] He eventually bought the paper and renamed itIndian Herald[2]. He also worked with MadrasStandard under the editorship of G Subramania Iyer.[3]
He was Chief editor of theAllahabad-based,The Leader between 1909 and 1934. His clash withMotilal Nehru, Chairman of the Board of Directors over issue of his freedom as editor, meant that Motilal left within a year, thereafter between 1927 and 1936, Chintamani was not only the Chief Editor of the newspaper, but also the leader of the opposition in theU. P. Legislative Council.[4]
Chintamani was appointed as the Education Minister of theUnited Provinces of British India as a part of theDyarchy scheme of theGovernment of India Act 1919.[5] He was invited as a delegate to the FirstRound Table Conference atLondon in 1930-1931.[6]
Mahatma Gandhi and the British administrators and the Indian People were greatly inspired by his editorials. He was knighted in the 1939 Birthday Honours list; his knighthood was formally conferred by George VI on 20 September.[7][8]
