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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Stalin Srinivasan<br />
| birth_name = Kuppuswami Srinivasan<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|5|30}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Shiyali]], [[Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)|Tanjore District]], [[Madras Presidency]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|6|2|1899|5|30}}<br />
| occupation = [[Journalist]]<br />
| known_for = Founding ''[[Manikodi]]''<br />
| alma_mater = [[Presidency College, Madras]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Kuppuswami Srinivasan''' (30 May 1899 - 2 June 1975), popularly known as '''Stalin Srinivasan''', was an Indian journalist and Indian independence activist who founded the journal ''[[Manikodi]]'' in 1932.<ref name="thehindu_20010925">{{cite news|title=Memories of 'Manikodi'|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/09/25/stories/1325046b.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126053829/http://www.hindu.com/2001/09/25/stories/1325046b.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|date=25 September 2001|first=T.|last=Ramakrishnan|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> He was also one of the founders of the ''[[Free Press Journal]]''. Upon India's independence, he served as the first chief film censor of [[Madras state]]. Acclaimed civil lawyer [[Radha Srinivasan]] is Stalin Srinivasan's daughter.<ref name="thehindu_20010925" /><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Srinivasan was born on 30 May 1899 at [[Shiyali]] in the [[Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)|Tanjore district]] of [[Madras Presidency]], [[India]]. He graduated in law and was pursuing his post-graduate studies at the [[Presidency College, Madras]] when he was invited by [[C. Rajagopalachari]] to join the staff of the National School that he had founded.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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Srinivasan worked for the ''Daily Press'' and ''Swarajya'' before joining [[S. Sadanand]]'s ''[[The Free Press Journal]]'' in [[Bombay]]. He served notably as the Central Assembly Correspondent in [[Delhi]] and covered the proceedings of the [[C. Sankaran Nair]] committee in [[London]]. When Sadanand was jailed for publishing an article by Srinivasan, the latter went to court to get Sadanand released. <br />
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In 1932, along with a few of his friends, Srinivasan started the Tamil journal ''[[Manikkodi]]''. ''Manikkodi'' would acquire acclaim as a journal and spearhead a literary movement.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* {{cite news|title=Memories of a litterateur|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.hindu.com/lf/2004/01/03/stories/2004010310300200.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125141813/http://www.hindu.com/lf/2004/01/03/stories/2004010310300200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|date=3 January 2004|first=Prince|last=Frederick}}<br />
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[[Category:1899 births]]<br />
[[Category:1975 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Mayiladuthurai district]]<br />
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