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Birth of C. Rajagopalachari

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Birth of C. Rajagopalachari
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C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji), later Chief Minister of Madras and the last Governor-General of India, was born at Thorapalli.

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was born on 10 December 1878 at Thorapalli in the Madras Presidency. He was educated at Central College, Bangalore, and Presidency College, Madras, and became a leading Congress figure in the Tamil region. He headed the Madras government from 1937 to 1939 and again from 1952 to 1954. He was the last Governor-General of India and the only Indian to hold that office, and was among the first recipients of the Bharat Ratna.

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