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{{Short description|Indian freedom fighter}}
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'''Nadadur Sadhu Varadachari''' (25 January 1897 – 1980) was an Indian freedom fighter, author, and politician.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-04-25 |title=When Madras first voted |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/when-madras-first-voted/article5946786.ece |access-date=2024-06-22 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Known as "No Shirt" Varadachari, he was a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi and actively participated in various satyagraha movements.<ref>{{Cite web |last=kumar |first=j v siva prasanna |date=2013-11-13 |title=In a first, photo gallery on TN?freedom fighters |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/131113/news-current-affairs/article/first-photo-gallery-tnfreedom-fighters |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=www.deccanchronicle.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Nadadur Sadhu Varadachari was born on 25 January 1897 in [[Tenali]] near [[Tirupati]]. He was the son of N. S. Anantachari and Singarammal. Varadachari attended [[Hindu Higher Secondary School|Triplicane Hindu High School]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=HHSS: Projects |url=http://hinduhighschool.net/projects/index.htm |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=hinduhighschool.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Eminent Alumni |url=http://hinduhighschool.net/alumni/index.htm |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=hinduhighschool.net}}</ref> where he was a student of V.S. Srinivasa Sastri. He then studied at [[Madras Presidency College]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor K. Swaminathan |url=https://www.boloji.com/articles/941/professor-k.-swaminathan |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=www.boloji.com}}</ref> under the tutelage of [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan|Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]], earning his Honours in History and Economics. In 1918, he completed his Law degree.

== Gandhian influence ==
On 13 August 1920, Varadachari, along with K. Santhanam and a few other young men, attended a gathering at Jamma Masjid in Triplicane. During this event, [[Mahatma Gandhi]] urged the audience to boycott foreign clothes, titles, schools, and law courts. Inspired by Gandhi's plea, Varadachari abandoned his legal career and participated in the Gandhian struggle.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gandhi |first=Rajmohan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p78CAAAAMAAJ&q=N.S.Varadachari |title=The Rajaji Story: A warrior from the South |date=1978 |publisher=Bharathan |pages=90 |language=en}}</ref>

A close disciple of Mahatma Gandhi,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Propagation of Khadi {{!}} Gandhiji on KHADI {{!}} Swadeshi - Khadi |url=https://www.mkgandhi.org/gandhionkhadi/propagationofkhadi.php |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=www.mkgandhi.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramakotiswara Rau: A Missionary |url=https://trivenijournal.org/CD%20&%20WEB/ramakotiswararauamissionaryjul70.html |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=trivenijournal.org}}</ref> Varadachari, along with Undam Baker, authored the work "Kairattu" (meaning "spinning wheel"), which was translated into English as "Hand Spinning and Weaving".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Ramaswamy |first=Vijaya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ALUvDwAAQBAJ&dq=N.+S.+Varadachari&pg=PA386 |title=Historical Dictionary of the Tamils |date=2017-08-25 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-0686-0 |language=en}}</ref> This book was published in 1926.<ref name=":0" /> Varadachari was appointed as the editor of ''Young India'', a newspaper run by Mahatma Gandhi.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=P |first1=Karthika |last2=R |first2=Sneka |title=THE GENESIS OF KHADDAR MOVEMENT IN TAMIL NADU |url=https://ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2211373.pdf |journal=International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts |volume=10 |issue=11 |pages=d296 |issn=2320-2882}}</ref>

== Political career ==
In 1934, Varadachari presided over the Madras District Political Conference.<ref name=":0" /> In 1937, when the first Congress Ministry was formed by Rajaji, he was made Parliament Secretary.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=psYZAAAAMAAJ&q=N.S.Varadachari |title=Indian Annual Register |date=1937 |publisher=Annual Register Office. |language=en}}</ref> He took a leading part in the Nagpur Flag Satyagraha movement and the [[Vedaranyam March|Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha]].<ref name=":0" /> In later years, he left [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] and joined the [[Swatantra Party]].<ref name=":0" />

Post-independence, Varadachari served as a member of the Legislative Assembly from the Triplicane constituency and served as a cabinet minister.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

== References ==
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