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'''J. R. Rangaraju''' (1875-1959)<ref>Year of Death is given as 1956 in some sources</ref> was a best selling [[Tamil people|Tamil]] novelist from [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]. He is considered as one of the pioneers of [[Tamil language|Tamil]] fiction writing.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Jegadhabi Regupathy Rengaraju was born in [[Paalayamkottai]]. He started writing detective novels in 1908. He is well known for creating the characters ''Tiruvellikeni Thuppariyum Govindan'' (lit. Govindan, the detective from [[Triplicane|Tiruvellikeni]]) and ''Savukkadi Chandrakantha'' (lit. Chandrakantha who whips). His novels had social reformist themes like exposing the seedy happenings in temples and women's liberation. He wrote a total of eight detective novels. They were reprinted several times and sold thousands of copies. ''Rajambal'' saw 23 reprints, ''Chandrakantha'' 13, ''Mohanasundaram'' 12, ''Anandakrishnan'' 10, ''Rajendran'' 9 and ''Varadharajan'' 2. Taken together, his novels sold more than 70,000 copies. ''Rajambal'' was made into a play. It was made into a film twice - in 1935 and 1951. ''Chandrakantha'' was made into a film in 1936. He was sued for plagiarizing several parts of ''Varadharajan'' and convicted. Besides writing detective fiction, he also served as the editor of the magazine Krishikan that was published in 1910s. He was also a businessman and agriculturist.<ref name="Mukherjee2002">{{cite book|author=Meenakshi Mukherjee|title=Early Novels In India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VPJ7jqVSl34C&pg=PA91|accessdate=27 April 2012|year=2002|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1342-5|pages=91–}}</ref><ref name=tvu>{{cite web|title=Tamil Novels - the second phase|url=http://www.tamilvu.org/courses/diploma/d041/d0414/html/d0414332.htm|publisher=[[Tamil Virtual University]]|accessdate=27 April 2012|language=Tamil}}</ref><ref name="Indian Review">{{cite book|title=Indian Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MB62AAAAIAAJ|accessdate=27 April 2012|year=1978|page=72}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Joseph|first=M|title=Has time of detective novels ended?|url=http://www.uyirmmai.com/uyirosai/Contentdetails.aspx?cid=3799|work=Uyirosai|publisher=Uyirmmai|accessdate=27 April 2012|language=Tamil}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Ka. Na. Subramanian|author-link=Ka. Na. Subramanian|title=Ilakkiya Saadhanaiyaalargal|language=Tamil}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author-link=Randor Guy|first=Randor|last=Guy|title=Rajambal 1951|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Rajambal-1951/article15934321.ece|date=3 January 2009|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=23 August 2020}}</ref><br />
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His books were nationalised by the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Policy Note:Tamil Development|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/budget/budsp_2009_10_3.htm|work=Govt of Tamil Nadu|accessdate=27 April 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*''Rajambal''<br />
*''Chandrakantha''<br />
*''Mohanasundaram''<br />
*''Anandakrishnan''<br />
*''Rajendran''<br />
*''Varadharajan''<br />
*''Vijayaragavan''<br />
*''Jeyarangan''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.tamilvu.org/courses/degree/p101/p1013/html/p1013662.htm Mohanasundaram - Literary review]<br />
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