Diwan BahadurT. RangachariCIE (1865–1945) was an Indian lawyer, politician, journalist, legislator, and active in theEgmore clique.[1]
Rangachari was born in 1865 in a prominent land-owningIyengar family of theMadras Presidency.[2] He had his education in Madras and graduated in law.[2] He practised successfully as a lawyer before entering the Indian Independence Movement.On the leadership of T. Rangachari, theRangachari Committee was formed for film censorship in 1927-28under the competitive conditions created by the variety of American movie themes, such as romance, westerns, comedies, gangsterand crime stories, when the Indian market was surviving mostly on mythological stories.[3]
Soon after the formation of theIndian National Congress, Rangachari joined the organisation and participated in its meetings. Rangachari was also a member of theMadras Mahajana Sabha.
Rangachari was elected to theCorporation of Madras and also to thesenate of theMadras University. He served as a member of theMadras Legislative Council and later, theImperial Legislative Council of India. He also served as the Deputy Chairman of the Imperial Legislative Council of India.
Rangachari died in 1945 at the age of 80.