G. A. Natesan

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Ganapathi Agraharam Annadhurai Ayyar Natesan
G. A. Natesan in 1933
Born(1873-08-25)25 August 1873
Died29 April 1948(1948-04-29) (aged 74)
Occupation(s)Writer, Journalist, Politician, Publisher
SpouseMangalamma

Ganapathi Agraharam Annadhurai Ayyar Natesan (25 August 1873 – 29 April 1948) was an Indian writer,

nationalist
books, the most prominent among whom was The Indian Review.

Early life

Natesan was born in the

apprenticed under Glyn Barlow before starting his own publishing company, G. A. Natesan & Co. in 1897.[2][3]

Indian independence movement

Gandhi and Kasturbai, with Hasan (left) and G. A. Natesan (right), Madras (1915)

Natesan was involved with the

illustrations and sections on economy and agriculture.[4] Natesan advertised on the front page that his publication was "devoted to the discussion of all topics of interest".[4]

When

Madras for the first time since his arrival in India in 1915, he stayed at Natesan's house at Thambu Chetty Street, Georgetown.[5][6] His stay lasted from 17 April 1915 to 8 May 1915.[6]

Later life

In his later life, Natesan underwent a change of

Empire Parliamentary Association in Canada.[1] He also served as the member of the Indian Iron and Steel Tariff Board in 1933-34.[7][9] Natesan was appointed Sheriff of Madras in 1938.[7]

Death

Natesan died on 29 April 1948 at the age of 74. He was extremely active until the time of his death.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Siba Pada Sen (1972). Dictionary of national biography. Institute of Historical Studies. pp. 245–246.
  2. ^ a b World biography. Institute for Research in Biography. 1948.
  3. ^ Diamond jublee: sixty years of publishing, 1897-1957. G. A. Natesan & Co. 1957. p. 39.
  4. ^ a b c Somerset Playne; J. W. Bond; Arnold Wright (1914). Southern India: its history, people, commerce, and industrial resources. pp. 733.
  5. ^ "The Mahatma: Gandhi and Kasturba". Gandhi Ahsram at Sabarmati. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009.
  6. ^ a b "When Gandhi visited Madras". The Hindu. 26 January 2003. Archived from the original on 20 June 2003.
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  8. ^ B. Natesan (1933). Souvenir of the sashtiabdha-poorthi of the Hon. Mr. G. A. Natesan. G. A. Natesan & Co. p. 55.
  9. ^ Great Britain. Commercial Relations and Exports Dept (1935). India: economic and commercial conditions in India. H.M. Stationery Off. p. 76.