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{{infobox person
| image = Sardar Vedaratnam 1998 stamp of India.jpg
| caption =Vedaratnam on a 1998 stamp of India
| name = Sardar Vedaratnam Pillai
| birth_date = 25 February 1897<ref name=Hindu2000>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/2000/08/25/stories/0225000q.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602082924/http://www.thehindu.com/2000/08/25/stories/0225000q.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 June 2017 | title= Sardar of the salt satyagraha | date=25 August 2000 | first=R. | last=Varadarajan | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | accessdate=13 June 2016 }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Vedaranyam]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1961|8|24|1897|2|25}}
| occupation = Freedom fighter, philanthropist
}}
'''Sardar Vedaratnam Pillai''' (25 February 1897 – 24 August 1961) was an Indian freedom-fighter, a leader of the [[Indian National Congress]] and a famous philanthropist who served as an MLA for three terms over a period of 14 years. He is known for his heroic contributions in the [[Vedaranyam march|salt march of Vedaranyam]] in 1930, alongside [[C. Rajagopalachari]].

Following the influence of Gandhiji, Vedaratnam opted to boycott foreign cloth (''Swadehsi'') and strictly make and wear pure cotton clothing, and encouraged those around him to do the same. He was also passionate about the Freedom Struggle, in which spent much time protesting and even getting arrested for doing so.<ref name="thehindu.com">Varadarajan, R. (2000). Sardar of the salt satyagraha. The Hindu. Retrieved from http://www.thehindu.com/2000/08/25/stories/0225000q.htm</ref>

In the year 1931, Vedaratnam was conferred with the title of ‘Sardar’ at the meeting of the [[Tamil Nadu]] Agriculturists and labourers at [[Tirunelveli]], for his exploits in the Vedaranyam Salt March.

He was multi-lingual and patronized many native arts. In 1946, he founded the Kasturba Gandhi Kanya Gurukulam<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.gurukulam.org|title=Gurukulam – Just another WordPress site|website=www.gurukulam.org|access-date=6 June 2018}}</ref> which is a rural, charitable women's welfare organization situated in Vedaranyam. This orphanage, since then, has continued its services of feeding, sheltering and educating many helpless girl children.

==Legacy==

The rural women welfare organization that he founded has provided succour to thousands of poor girl children over the years and is fully functional to this day. Many visitors from various countries have paid visits to Gurukulam and have appreciated their services.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Two-Japanese-professors-visit-Gurukulam-in-Vedaranyam/article16631016.ece|title=Two Japanese professors visit Gurukulam in Vedaranyam|date=6 March 2009|work=The Hindu|access-date=6 June 2018|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Services-of-freedom-fighter-Sardar-Vedaratnam-recalled/article15174300.ece|title=Services of freedom fighter Sardar Vedaratnam recalled|date=27 February 2008|work=The Hindu|access-date=6 June 2018|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sunyoga.info/gurukulam.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081119144357/http://www.sunyoga.info/gurukulam.html |archive-date=19 November 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Vedaratnam won three elections to be Member of the Legislative Assembly of Madras State, which is now known as Tamil Nadu. All of the compensation that he earned in this position, he donated to Shri Ramakrishna Mission.<ref>Indian Freedom Fighters: Sardar A. Vedaratnam Pillai, Vedaraniam, Tamil Nadu. (2006). Retrieved 9 November 2018, from http://www.sb.fsu.edu/~soma/Publications/Personal/SAV-VTS-Web.html</ref> He also served as the lone Secretary for the Tanjore District Congress Committee for ten years.<ref name="thehindu.com"/>

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[[Category:Indian philanthropists]]
[[Category:1897 births]]
[[Category:1961 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:People from Nagapattinam district]]
[[Category:Indian social reformers]]
[[Category:Gandhians]]

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