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	\| name = ~~Sivasailam~~ Anantharamakrishnan		\| name = S. Anantharamakrishnan
	\| image = Sivasailam Anantharamakrishnan.jpg		\| image = Sivasailam Anantharamakrishnan.jpg
	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| birth_date = {{~~birth year~~\|1905}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth-date\|1905}}
	\| birth_place = [[Alwarkurichi]], [[Tinnevely District (Madras Presidency)\|Tinnevely District]] (~~now~~ [[Tirunelveli district]]), [[~~Madras Presidency~~]], ~~[[British~~ India]]		\| birth_place = [[Alwarkurichi]], [[Tinnevely District (Madras Presidency)\|Tinnevely District]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj\|British India]]<br>(present day [[Tirunelveli district\|Tirunelveli]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India)
	\| death_date = {{~~dda~~\|1964\|04\|18\|1905}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|1964\|04\|18\|1905}}
	\| death_place = [[Madras, Tamil Nadu]], India		\| death_place = [[Chennai\|Madras]], [[Madras State]] (present day [[Tamil Nadu]]), India
	\| occupation = Businessman		\| occupation = Businessman
	\| spouse =		\| spouse =
	\| parents =		\| parents =
	\| children = ~~2, including~~ [[A. Sivasailam]]		\| children =4 (incl. [[A. Sivasailam]])
	}}		}}
	'''Sivasailam Anantharamakrishnan''' (1905 – 18 April 1964), affectionately called "J" was an Indian industrialist and [[Business magnate\|business tycoon]] who founded and led the [[Amalgamations Group]] of industries from 1945 to 1964.

	Anantharamakrishnan was ~~born in~~ [[~~Tirunelveli~~]] ~~in 1905 and had his education in Tirunelveli~~ and [[~~Chennai\|Madras~~]]~~. In 1935, he joined the Simpsons group of companies as a secretary and in 1938, became the first Indian director in the management of Simpsons group. He served as the Chairman~~ of ~~the group~~ from ~~1953 till his death in~~ 1964.		{{Indian name\|Anantharamakrishnan\|Sivasailam}}'''Sivasailam Anantharamakrishnan''' (1905 – 18 April 1964), affectionately called '''J''', was an Indian industrialist and [[Business magnate\|business tycoon]] who founded and led the [[Amalgamations Group]] of industries from 1945 to 1964.

	Anantharamakrishnan is remembered for his successful business practices, efficient management of the [[Trade union\|labour unions]] and for triggering the growth of the automobile industry of Chennai which has earned the city the epithet "[[Detroit]] of India". As a result, he himself came to be remembered as the "Henry Ford of South India."		Anantharamakrishnan was born in [[Tirunelveli district\|Tirunelveli]] in 1905 and had his education in Tirunelveli and [[Chennai\|Madras]]. In 1935, he joined the Simpson Group as a secretary and in 1938, became the first Indian director in the management of Simpson Group. He served as the Chairman of the Group from 1953 till his death in 1964.

			Anantharamakrishnan is remembered for his successful business practices, efficient management of the [[Trade union\|labour unions]] and for triggering the growth of the automobile industry of [[Chennai]] which has earned the city the epithet "[[Detroit]] of India". As a result, he himself came to be remembered as the "[[Henry Ford]] of South India".

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==

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			{{Short description\|Indian businessman (1905–1964)}}
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	\| name = Sivasailam Anantharamakrishnan		\| name = Sivasailam Anantharamakrishnan
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	\| birth_date = 1905		\| birth_date = {{birth year\|1905}}
	\| birth_place = [[Alwarkurichi]], [[Tinnevely District (Madras Presidency)\|Tinnevely District]] (now [[Tirunelveli district]]), [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]		\| birth_place = [[Alwarkurichi]], [[Tinnevely District (Madras Presidency)\|Tinnevely District]] (now [[Tirunelveli district]]), [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
	\| death_date = 18 ~~April 1964 (age 59)~~		\| death_date = {{dda\|1964\|04\|18\|1905}}
	\| death_place = [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India		\| death_place = [[Madras, Tamil Nadu]], India
	\| occupation = ~~[[Business]]~~		\| occupation = Businessman
	\| spouse =		\| spouse =
	\| parents =		\| parents =
	\| children = [[A. Sivasailam]]~~<br>A. Krishnamoorthy~~		\| children = 2, including [[A. Sivasailam]]
	}}		}}
	'''Sivasailam Anantharamakrishnan''' (1905 – 18 April 1964), affectionately called "J" was an ~~[[India]]n~~ industrialist and [[Business magnate\|business tycoon]] who founded and led the [[Amalgamations Group]] of industries from 1945 to 1964.		'''Sivasailam Anantharamakrishnan''' (1905 – 18 April 1964), affectionately called "J" was an Indian industrialist and [[Business magnate\|business tycoon]] who founded and led the [[Amalgamations Group]] of industries from 1945 to 1964.

	Anantharamakrishnan was born in [[Tirunelveli]] in 1905 and had his education in Tirunelveli and [[Chennai\|Madras]]. In 1935, he joined the Simpsons group of companies as a secretary and in 1938, became the first Indian director in the management of Simpsons group. He served as the Chairman of the group from 1953 till his death in 1964.		Anantharamakrishnan was born in [[Tirunelveli]] in 1905 and had his education in Tirunelveli and [[Chennai\|Madras]]. In 1935, he joined the Simpsons group of companies as a secretary and in 1938, became the first Indian director in the management of Simpsons group. He served as the Chairman of the group from 1953 till his death in 1964.
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	== Early life ==		== Early life ==

	Anantharamakrishnan was born in Alwarkurichi Village of Ambasamudram Taluk in Tirunelveli District in 1905.<ref name="historicaldefp64">{{cite book\|title=Historical Dictionary of Tamils\|first=Vijaya\|last=Ramasamy\|publisher=Scarecrow Press\|year=2007\|pages=64\|isbn=978-0-8108-5379-9\|id=}}</ref> He had his schooling at Government High School, Tirunelveli and graduated from Government College of Commerce in Madras.<ref name="transport">{{cite book\|title=Transport\|pages=25\|first=K. H.\|last=Rau\|year=1964}}</ref> In 1930, he joined Fraser and Ross Limited as an accountant.<ref name="amalgamation_road">{{cite news\|title=The road to amalgamation\|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/21/stories/2003052100120300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050129161844/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/21/stories/2003052100120300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=29 January 2005\|date=21 May 2003\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|first=S.\|last=Muthiah\|author-link=S.Muthiah}}</ref>		Anantharamakrishnan was born in Alwarkurichi Village of Ambasamudram Taluk in Tirunelveli District on '''11 November 1905'''.<ref name="historicaldefp64">{{cite book\|title=Historical Dictionary of Tamils\|first=Vijaya\|last=Ramasamy\|publisher=Scarecrow Press\|year=2007\|pages=64\|isbn=978-0-8108-5379-9\|id=}}</ref> He had his schooling at Government High School, Tirunelveli and graduated from Government College of Commerce in Madras.<ref name="transport">{{cite book\|title=Transport\|pages=25\|first=K. H.\|last=Rau\|year=1964}}</ref> In 1930, he joined Fraser and Ross Limited as an accountant.<ref name="amalgamation_road">{{cite news\|title=The road to amalgamation\|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/21/stories/2003052100120300.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050129161844/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/21/stories/2003052100120300.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=29 January 2005\|date=21 May 2003\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|first=S.\|last=Muthiah\|author-link=S.Muthiah}}</ref>

	== Early years with Simpson and Co ==		== Early years with Simpson and Co ==

	Anantharamakrishnan joined Simpsons Group, a British-owned South Indian business conglomerate as Secretary in 1935.<ref name="amalgamation_road" /><ref name="southern_economist">{{cite book\|title=Southern Economist\|last=Subrahmanya\|first=Susheela\|year=1962\|pages=8}}</ref><ref name="industrialrelationsp92">{{cite book\|title=Industrial Relations\|pages=92\|first=P.\|last=Venkataraman\|year=2007\|id=\|publisher=APH Publishing\|isbn=978-81-313-0072-5}}</ref> He became one of the three directors and the only Indian director (the other two being ~~[[Europe]]an~~)<ref name="fcci">{{cite book\|title=Footprints of Enterprise: Indian Business Through the Ages\|pages=122\|last=Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|year=1999\|isbn=0-19-564774-2\|id=}}</ref> in the board of Simpsons group<ref name="historicaldefp64" /> when Sir Alexander MacDougall, Chairman of Simpson's, and [[W. W. Ladden]], ~~Managing Director~~ of the ~~Company~~ founded a holding company in 1938.<ref name="amalgamation_road" /> Anantharamakrishnan's induction marked the partial Indianization of Simpsons group which was, till then, completely owned by Europeans.<ref name="fcci" /> The very next year, it was converted into a public limited company.<ref name="industrialrelationsp92" /> This eventually became the Amalgamations Group<ref name="historicaldefp64" /> in 1941.<ref name="industrialrelationsp91">{{cite book\|title=Industrial Relations\|pages=91\|first=P.\|last=Venkataraman\|year=2007\|id=\|publisher=APH Publishing\|isbn=978-81-313-0072-5}}</ref> Anantharamakrishnan, also called "J", was responsible for the rapid expansion of the Amalgamations group in the 1940s. Anantharamakrishnan took over Amalgamations Group in 1945,<ref name="muthiahp61">[[#Muthiah\|Muthiah]], Pg 61</ref> though he officially became its Chairman only in 1953.<ref name="amalgamation_road" />		Anantharamakrishnan joined Simpsons Group, a British-owned South Indian business conglomerate as Secretary in 1935.<ref name="amalgamation_road" /><ref name="southern_economist">{{cite book\|title=Southern Economist\|last=Subrahmanya\|first=Susheela\|year=1962\|pages=8}}</ref><ref name="industrialrelationsp92">{{cite book\|title=Industrial Relations\|pages=92\|first=P.\|last=Venkataraman\|year=2007\|id=\|publisher=APH Publishing\|isbn=978-81-313-0072-5}}</ref> He became one of the three directors and the only Indian director (the other two being European)<ref name="fcci">{{cite book\|title=Footprints of Enterprise: Indian Business Through the Ages\|pages=122\|last=Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|year=1999\|isbn=0-19-564774-2\|id=}}</ref> in the board of Simpsons group<ref name="historicaldefp64" /> when Sir Alexander MacDougall, Chairman of Simpson's, and [[W. W. Ladden]], managing director of the company founded a holding company in 1938.<ref name="amalgamation_road" /> Anantharamakrishnan's induction marked the partial Indianization of Simpsons group which was, till then, completely owned by Europeans.<ref name="fcci" /> The very next year, it was converted into a public limited company.<ref name="industrialrelationsp92" /> This eventually became the Amalgamations Group<ref name="historicaldefp64" /> in 1941.<ref name="industrialrelationsp91">{{cite book\|title=Industrial Relations\|pages=91\|first=P.\|last=Venkataraman\|year=2007\|id=\|publisher=APH Publishing\|isbn=978-81-313-0072-5}}</ref> Anantharamakrishnan, also called "J", was responsible for the rapid expansion of the Amalgamations group in the 1940s. Anantharamakrishnan took over Amalgamations Group in 1945,<ref name="muthiahp61">[[#Muthiah\|Muthiah]], Pg 61</ref> though he officially became its Chairman only in 1953.<ref name="amalgamation_road" />

	== Expansion of the Amalgamations Group ==		== Expansion of the Amalgamations Group ==

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{{Infobox person
| name = Sivasailam Anantharamakrishnan
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = 1905
| birth_place = [[Alwarkurichi]], [[Tinnevely District (Madras Presidency)|Tinnevely District]] (now [[Tirunelveli district]]), [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 18 April 1964 (age 59)
| death_place = [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| occupation = [[Business]]
| spouse =
| parents =
| children = [[A. Sivasailam]]<br>A. Krishnamoorthy
}}
'''Sivasailam Anantharamakrishnan''' (1905 – 18 April 1964), affectionately called "J" was an [[India]]n industrialist and [[Business magnate|business tycoon]] who founded and led the [[Amalgamations Group]] of industries from 1945 to 1964.

Anantharamakrishnan was born in [[Tirunelveli]] in 1905 and had his education in Tirunelveli and [[Chennai|Madras]]. In 1935, he joined the Simpsons group of companies as a secretary and in 1938, became the first Indian director in the management of Simpsons group. He served as the Chairman of the group from 1953 till his death in 1964.

Anantharamakrishnan is remembered for his successful business practices, efficient management of the [[Trade union|labour unions]] and for triggering the growth of the automobile industry of Chennai which has earned the city the epithet "[[Detroit]] of India". As a result, he himself came to be remembered as the "Henry Ford of South India."

== Early life ==

Anantharamakrishnan was born in Alwarkurichi Village of Ambasamudram Taluk in Tirunelveli District in 1905.<ref name="historicaldefp64">{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Tamils|first=Vijaya|last=Ramasamy|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2007|pages=64|isbn=978-0-8108-5379-9|id=}}</ref> He had his schooling at Government High School, Tirunelveli and graduated from Government College of Commerce in Madras.<ref name="transport">{{cite book|title=Transport|pages=25|first=K. H.|last=Rau|year=1964}}</ref> In 1930, he joined Fraser and Ross Limited as an accountant.<ref name="amalgamation_road">{{cite news|title=The road to amalgamation|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/21/stories/2003052100120300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050129161844/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/05/21/stories/2003052100120300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 January 2005|date=21 May 2003|work=[[The Hindu]]|first=S.|last=Muthiah|author-link=S.Muthiah}}</ref>

== Early years with Simpson and Co ==

Anantharamakrishnan joined Simpsons Group, a British-owned South Indian business conglomerate as Secretary in 1935.<ref name="amalgamation_road" /><ref name="southern_economist">{{cite book|title=Southern Economist|last=Subrahmanya|first=Susheela|year=1962|pages=8}}</ref><ref name="industrialrelationsp92">{{cite book|title=Industrial Relations|pages=92|first=P.|last=Venkataraman|year=2007|id=|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-313-0072-5}}</ref> He became one of the three directors and the only Indian director (the other two being [[Europe]]an)<ref name="fcci">{{cite book|title=Footprints of Enterprise: Indian Business Through the Ages|pages=122|last=Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1999|isbn=0-19-564774-2|id=}}</ref> in the board of Simpsons group<ref name="historicaldefp64" /> when Sir Alexander MacDougall, Chairman of Simpson's, and [[W. W. Ladden]], Managing Director of the Company founded a holding company in 1938.<ref name="amalgamation_road" /> Anantharamakrishnan's induction marked the partial Indianization of Simpsons group which was, till then, completely owned by Europeans.<ref name="fcci" /> The very next year, it was converted into a public limited company.<ref name="industrialrelationsp92" /> This eventually became the Amalgamations Group<ref name="historicaldefp64" /> in 1941.<ref name="industrialrelationsp91">{{cite book|title=Industrial Relations|pages=91|first=P.|last=Venkataraman|year=2007|id=|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-313-0072-5}}</ref> Anantharamakrishnan, also called "J", was responsible for the rapid expansion of the Amalgamations group in the 1940s. Anantharamakrishnan took over Amalgamations Group in 1945,<ref name="muthiahp61">[[#Muthiah|Muthiah]], Pg 61</ref> though he officially became its Chairman only in 1953.<ref name="amalgamation_road" />

== Expansion of the Amalgamations Group ==

In 1922, John Oakshott Robinson of Spencer's had purchased the Madras newspaper ''[[The Madras Mail]]'' and the [[Higginbotham's]] and merged the companies with his printing company Associated Printers and the Spencer's to form the Associated Publishers.<ref name="smuthiahp52">[[#Muthiah|Muthiah]], Pg 52</ref> In 1945, Anantharamakrishnan purchased Associated Publishers on behalf of Amalgamations and added the new companies to the group.<ref name="smuthiahp53">[[#Muthiah|Muthiah]], Pg 53</ref> According to popular Chennai historian [[S. Muthiah]], the successful takeover was the result of an overheard conversation at a Hotel Connemara.<ref name="smuthiahp53" /> This takeover is regarded as over of the biggest business deals of post-colonial Madras.

During the period 1938–1955, the group also promoted a finance company called Simpson and General Finance, an advertising company (Madras Advertising Company), Wheel-Precision Forgings, Speed-a-way and Wallaces Castwright.<ref name="industrialrelationsp91" /> [[Amco Batteries]] was acquired in year 1955.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Industrial Relations|last=Venkataraman|first=P.|year=2007|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-313-0072-5|pages=91}}</ref> India Piston was established in 1949. This company produces pistons, piston rings, piston pins and cylinder liners.<ref name="industrialrelationsp91" /> Addison Paints and Chemicals was established in 1947.<ref name="industrialrelationsp91" /> With Indian independence and Indianization of commercial establishments in the country, the Europeans in the board left handing the company to Indians. Consequently, Anantharamakrishnan became the Chairman of the Amalgamations group in 1953.<ref name="amalgamation_road" />

Anantharamakrishnan died an untimely death on 18 April 1964 at the age of fifty-nine.<ref name="bhavansjournalp13">{{cite book|title=Bhavan's Journal|pages=13|year=1964}}</ref><ref name="raju">{{cite news|title=Remembering J -A Henry Ford of South India|url=http://newstodaynet.com/2007sud/apr07/180407.htm|work=News Today|date=April 2007|first=V.|last=Sundaram}}</ref>

== Commemoration and legacy ==

Anantharamakrishnan is highly regarded for his business acumen and is credited with a large-scale increase in the production of automobiles in Chennai city that have earned Chennai, the epithet "[[Detroit]] of India".<ref name="raju" /><ref name="bhavansjournalp36">{{cite book|title=Bhavan's Journal|pages=36|year=1964}}</ref> A former employee, in an interview, recounted that Anantharamakrishnan was strongly against the use of political lobbying in order to secure business interests.<ref name="raju" />

Former [[President of India]], [[R. Venkataraman]], regarded the Simpson Group Worker's Union as one of the best organized worker's unions.<ref name="rvspeeches">{{cite book|title=President R. Venkataraman Selected Speeches|pages=112|publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|year=1991|first=Ramaswamy|last=Venkataraman|author-link=R. Venkataraman}}</ref> Anantharamakrishna is, himself, known to have authored a 6-page publication titled "Industrial disputes — How to prevent them".

A book on Anantharamakrishnan was released during his birth centenary on 12 November 2005 by former [[Supreme Court of India]] judge Ratnavel Pandian in the presence of his sons, A. Sivasailam and A. Krishnamoorthy.<ref name="centenary_book">{{cite news|title=Tributes paid to Anantharamakrishnan|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/12/stories/2005111217030400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061209001330/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/12/stories/2005111217030400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2006|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=12 November 2005}}</ref>

The Anantharamakrishan Prize and the Anantharamakrishnan Memorial Lecture have been instituted by the Amalgamations Group in his honor.

== Publications ==

* {{cite book|title=Industrial disputes — How to prevent them|last=Anantharamakrishnan|first=S.|year=1956}}

== Notes ==
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== References ==

* {{cite book | title=Madras Rediscovered| last=Muthiah| first=S.| year=2004| author-link=S. Muthiah| publisher=East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd| isbn=81-88661-24-4|ref=Muthiah}}

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