Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai
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Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai
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Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai (1826–1889), also known as Mayavaram Vedanayagam Pillai, was an Indian civil servant, Tamil poet, novelist and social worker who is remembered for the authorship of Prathapa Mudaliar Charithram, recognized as the "first modern Tamil novel". Vedanayagam's ideals of women's liberation and education are reflected in the novel. He has a well-known great-grandson, Vijay Antony, who is an actor in the Tamil film industry.
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Indian poet
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Vedanayagam_Pillai
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2011-03-06T08:30:19Z
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2024-09-10T08:57:18Z
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