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Death of P. Theagaraya Chetty

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Death of P. Theagaraya Chetty
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P. Theagaraya Chetty, a founder and leader of the Justice Party and of the non-Brahmin movement, died in Madras.

P. Theagaraya Chetty was a lawyer, industrialist and political leader in Madras. He was one of the founders of the South Indian Liberal Federation, known as the Justice Party, and led it when it won the first council elections under dyarchy. He died in Madras on 28 April 1925, at the age of 73. The Madras locality of Thyagaraya Nagar (T. Nagar) is named after him.

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