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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Not to be confused|P. S. Sreenivasan}}{{Short description|Indian physician, freedom fighter, and politician (1893 – 1962)}}<br />
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| honorific_prefix = Doctor<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|7|20|df=yes}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1962|1893}}<br />
| office = Member of Madras State Legislative Assembly<br />
| term_start = 1949<br />
| term_end = 1952<br />
| office2 = Member of Madras Presidency Legislative Assembly<br />
| term_start2 = 1937<br />
| term_end2 = 1939<br />
| birth_place = [[Pattukkottai]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''P. S. Srinivasan''' (20 July 1893 – 1962) was an Indian physician, freedom fighter, and politician who participated in the Indian independence movement.<br />
== Life ==<br />
Srinivasan was born on 20 July 1893 in [[Pattukkottai]], [[Madras Presidency]], British India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Kanchipuram Dr. P.S. Srinivasan |url=https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/unsung-heroes-detail.htm?3188 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav}}</ref> He completed his higher education at [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College]] and [[Madras Medical College]], earning his medical degree in 1917.<ref name=":0" /> After two years of temporary service as a Government Medical Practitioner, he established himself as a private physician in Kanchipuram.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Legislature |first=Madras (India : Presidency) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iKNv-G58XnsC |title=Directory of the Madras Legislature |date=1938 |publisher=Madras Legislature Congress Party |pages=240 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Inspired by the speeches of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], Srinivasan joined the Indian independence movement. He served as the first secretary of the [[Congress Committee (Tamil Nadu)|Congress Committee]] in [[Chengalpattu district]] and later became its president. His activism in the freedom movement led to his arrest on four occasions, resulting in several years of imprisonment.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Srinivasan entered electoral politics in 1937 as a member of the [[Madras Presidency]] [[State legislative assemblies of India|Legislative Assembly]].<ref name=":1" /> Later, in 1949, he was nominated to the [[Madras State]] Legislative Assembly, representing the Chengalpattu constituency in a by-election following the death of [[C. N. Muthuranga Mudaliar]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0nw-AAAAIBAJ&dq=%22P.+S.+Srinivasan%22&pg=PA3&article_id=5035,1028953 |title=The Indian Express |publisher=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> He also held several responsibilities at the municipal level, serving as a member of the Kanchipuram Municipality for 25 years and served as its chairman from 1938 to 1958.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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P. S. Srinivasan died in 1962.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Assembly |first=Madras (India : State) Legislature Legislative |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ho-2AAAAIAAJ |title=Review |date=1967 |pages=54 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Assembly |first=Madras (India : State) Legislature Legislative |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e4keAQAAIAAJ |title=Debates: Official Report |date=1962 |publisher=Superintendent, Government Press |pages=421 |language=ta}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1893 births]]<br />
[[Category:1962 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian medical doctors]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]</div>Nidanayurveda