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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiyar
| honorific-suffix =
| image = OP Ramaswamy Reddiyar 2010 stamp of India.jpg
| caption = Reddiyar on a 2010 stamp of India
|order1 = 13th
| office1 = Chief Minister of Madras Presidency
| term_start1 = 23 March 1947
| term_end1 = 6 April 1949
| predecessor1 = [[Tanguturi Prakasam]]
| successor1 = [[P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja]]
| birth_date = 1 February 1895
| birth_place = [[Omandur]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 25 August 1970<br>(aged 75)
| death_place = [[Vadalur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| alma_mater =
| profession = [[lawyer]]
| occupation = [[Lawyer]], [[writer]], [[politician|statesman]]
| spouse =}}

'''Omandur Ramasamy Reddiyar''' (1 February 1895 – 25 August 1970) was an Indian freedom-fighter and politician of the Indian National Congress. He served as the [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|Premier of Madras Presidency]] from 23 March 1947 to 6 April 1949.<ref>[http://www.tn.gov.in/tnassembly/cmlist-1920.htm List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu]</ref><ref name="plane_thehindu">{{cite news|title=The Government's first plane|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/12/05/stories/2005120500100500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060904053403/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2005/12/05/stories/2005120500100500.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 September 2006|date=5 December 2005|work=The Hindu|author=S. Muthiah|author-link=S. Muthiah}}</ref>

==Early life==
{{Unreferenced section|date=March 2012}}
Omandur Ramaswamy Reddy was born on 1 February 1895 in the village of [[Omandur]] near [[Tindivanam]] in the [[South Arcot]] district of Madras Presidency. He belonged to a [[Reddiar]] family. He had his schooling at Walter Scudder school and entered the Indian independence movement at an early age.

Ramaswamy Reddy was a devotee of [[Vallalar]].

==As Chief Minister==

Ramaswamy Reddy became the Chief Minister or Premier of Madras on 23 March 1947 and was in power till 6 April 1949. During his tenure, the Madras Temple Entry Authorization Act 1947 was passed.<ref name="rightopray">{{cite journal|title=Right to pray|url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl2615/stories/20090731261504200.htm|volume=26|issue=15|year=2009|journal=Frontline}}</ref> This act was intended to give Dalits and other prohibited Hindus full and complete rights to enter Hindu temples.<ref name="rightopray" /> This was approved by the Governor on 11 May 1947 and passed as Madras Act 5 of 1947.<ref name="untouchabilityp317">{{cite book|title=Untouchability in India: implementation of the law and abolition|author=Rāmacandra Kshīrasāgara|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|year=1986}}</ref> The Devadasi Dedication Abolition Act of 1947 put an end to the [[devadasi]] system that was in vogue in many Hindu temples.<ref name="muthulakshmireddip73">{{cite book|title=Autobiography of Mrs. S. Muthulakshmi Reddy|author=S. Muthulakshmi Reddy|pages=73|year=1964}}</ref>

It was during Reddy's tenure that India achieved independence from the United Kingdom.<ref name="historyofindiap70">{{cite book|title=History Of India : (From National Movement To Present Day), Volume 4 of History of India|author=N. Jayapalan|isbn= 978-81-7156-928-1|publisher=Atlantic Publishers and Distributors|pages=70|year=2001}}</ref><ref name="constitutionalp29">{{cite book|title=Constitutional History of India|publisher=Atlantic Publishers and Distributors|pages=29}}</ref> Soon after independence and partition of India, there was a shortage of food grains, especially rice, in the province.<ref name="nytimes_famine">{{cite news|title=LACK OF SHELTER IMPERILS INDIANS; Children of Refugees Dying From Pneumonia – Madras Faces Rice Shortage|date=21 December 1947|author=Robert Trumbull|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> In 1948, Reddy ordered the purchase of a [[de Havilland Dove]], the first aeroplane to be owned by the Government of Madras.<ref name="plane_thehindu" />

In 1948, when the Congress legislative party elections were held, Reddy's candidature was opposed by [[Tanguturi Prakasam]].<ref name="kamarajp49">{{cite book|year=2001|title=The Political Career of K. Kamaraj|pages=49|author=P. Kandasamy|publisher=Concept Publishing Company}}</ref> However, Reddy won with the support of [[K. Kamaraj]].<ref name="kamarajp49" /> However, the Congress leaders were disgruntled with Reddy as he did not allow them special privileges.<ref name="kamarajp49" /><ref name="forrester">{{cite journal|doi=10.1017/S0026749X00010970|title=Kamaraj: A Study in Percolation of Style|journal=Modern Asian Studies|volume=4|pages=43–61|year=1970|last1=Forrester|first1=Duncan B.}}</ref> So, during the 1949 Congress Legislative Party elections, Kamaraj supported P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja against Reddy.<ref name="kamarajp49" /><ref name="forrester" /> Though Reddy was supported by [[C. Rajagopalachari]], [[P. Subbarayan]] and T. Prakasam, he lost the vote and stepped down as Chief Minister.<ref name="kamarajp49" /><ref name="forrester" />

<center>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left valign=top|Minister
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Portfolio<ref name="jp">{{Cite book
| title = Justice Party golden jubilee souvenir, 1968
| publisher = Justice Party
| year = 1968
| pages =50–65
| id = ISBN
| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=rCZYAAAAMAAJ
}}</ref>
|-
|align=left| O. P. Ramaswami Reddy
|align=left| Chief Minister, Public, Hindu religious endowments and Harijan uplift
|-
|align=left| M. Bhaktavatsalam
|align=left| Public works and Planning
|-
|align=left|[[P. Subbarayan]]
|align=left| Home and Legal (Law and Order)
|-
|align=left| [[T. S. S. Rajan]]
|align=left| Food, Motor transport and Labour
|-
|align=left|T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar
|align=left| Education
|-
|align=left|Daniel Thomas
|align=left| Prohibition, Excise, Registration and Housing
|-
|align=left|Vemula Kurmayya
|align=left| Harijan uplift, Fisheries and Rural development
|-
|align=left|[[H. Sitarama Reddi]]
|align=left| Industries and Information
|-
|align=left|[[K. Chandramouli]]
|align=left| Local administration and Co-operative
|-
|align=left|[[K. Madhava Menon]]
|align=left| Agriculture and Forest
|-
|align=left|[[Kala Venkata Rao]]
|align=left| Revenue
|-
|align=left|[[A. B. Shetty]]
|align=left| Public health
|-
|align=left|[[S. Gurubatham]]
|align=left| Khadi, Firka development and Cottage industries
|}
</center>
;Changes
Subbarayan resigned on 5 April 1948, Daniel Thomas on 15 June 1948 and Kala Venkata Rao on 24 January 1949.

== Later years ==
When his Premiership of Madras Presidency came to an end in April 1949, Reddy was elected to the [[Constituent Assembly of India]].<ref name="membersofconstituentassemblylist">{{cite web|title=List of members of the Constituent Assembly (As in November 1949)|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/debates/members.htm#MADRAS}}</ref> The [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly-secretariat complex|complex of buildings]] that houses the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] has been named after him.
A commemorative postage stamp on him was released on 25 August 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Stamps2010.aspx|title=Stamps-2010|publisher=Department of Posts, Government of India|access-date=2 August 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814101038/http://www.indiapost.gov.in/Stamps2010.aspx|archive-date=14 August 2013}}</ref>

==Works==

* {{cite book|title=Agrarian reforms and parity economy|author=O. P. Ramaswamy Reddy|publisher=Economic Adviser to the Government of Madras|year=1948}}
* {{cite book|title=Address delivered on the occasion of opening the 19th annual conference on Land Mortgage Banks held on 13th March 1949|author=O. P. Ramaswamy Reddy|year=1949}}

==References==
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