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 | | Ramalingam Pillai, popularly known as Namakkal Kavignar, was born on 19th October, 1888 at Mohanur, a small hamlet on the banks of Cauvery river in Salem District. |
 | | His father desired Ramalingam to become a sub-inspector and later forced him into the jobs of a clerk, at the Namakkal Tahsildar's office, and of a school teacher, in an elementary school, both of which Ramalingam disliked. |
 | | In 1953 and 1962, Namakkal Kavignar was nominated as MLC by the Madras Government. |
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