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    Personality: Narasimha Gopalaswami Ayyangar

    Posted 24 Apr 2024

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    • Madras City Cooperative Building Society Ltd. completes 100 years of which N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar was the first president

     

    • About N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar (1882-1953)
      • He was an able administrator, freedom fighter and a politician.
      • In 1905, he joined the Madras Civil Service and was appointed the ‘Diwan’ or Prime Minister of J&K in 1937.

     

    • Key Contribution
      • Elected to Council of States (1943-47)
      • Part of 7-member Drafting Committee of Indian Constitution. 
        • He helped put in shape Article 370.
      • Report on Reorganisation of the Machinery of Government in 1949.
      • Served as Minister for Defence, Railways and Transport. 

     

    • Values: Secularism, Patriotism, Objectivity, etc. 
    • Tags :
    • Drafting Committee
    • Constituent Assembly
    • Narasimha Gopalaswami Ayyangar
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