Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai (October 19, 1888 - August 24, 1972) was a Tamil poet and independence fighter. He is well known for his poems about independence.
He did his BA in 1909, from Bishop Heber College at Trichy. Initially he worked as a clerk at Namakkal Tahsildar's office and later worked as a primary school teacher.
He wrote hundreds of poems with patriotic fervor. He also participated in the Salt Satyagraha against British government in 1930 and went to jail for an year.
He was awarded the "Padmabhushan" in 1971.
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