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	'''Tiruppur Angappa Ramalingam Chettiar''' (b.18 May 1881 – d.1952) was an Indian lawyer, politician, member of parliament and businessman from the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].		'''Tiruppur Angappa Ramalingam Chettiar''' (18 May 1881 – 1952) was an Indian lawyer, politician, member of parliament and businessman from the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].

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| order1 = Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for [[Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Coimbatore]]
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| primeminister1 = [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]]
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| birth_date = 18 May 1881
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'''Tiruppur Angappa Ramalingam Chettiar''' (b.18 May 1881 – d.1952) was an Indian lawyer, politician, member of parliament and businessman from the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].

==Early life==
Ramalingam was born to Tiruppur Angappa Chettiar and his wife Meenakshi Ammal at [[Tiruppur]] on 18 May 1881. Angappa Chettiar was a cotton [[merchant]] and banker. At a very early age, Ramalingam was sent to [[Coimbatore]] for [[schooling]]. He passed his matriculation with distinction and enrolled at [[Presidency College, Madras]] from where he graduated in law in 1904. Soon after his graduation, Ramalingam began to practice at the [[Madras High Court]] and served as the president of the Bar Council of [[Madras]].<ref name=A>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/09/17/stories/2005091701180300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103123813/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/09/17/stories/2005091701180300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 November 2012|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=He led by example|date=17 September 2005}}</ref>

==Politics==
Ramalingam developed a keen interest in politics during his term as the president of the bar council. He served first as the Vice-President and then, the President of the district board of Coimbatore from 1913 onwards. He also served as the vice-chairman and Chairman of the Coimbatore municipality. In 1921, he became a member of the [[Madras Legislative Council]].<ref name=A/> In 1946, Ramalingam was elected a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] from Coimbatore. He participated in the debates on federalism<ref name=B>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/166504/|title=Constituent Assembly Debate on 31 May 1949 |publisher=www.indiankanoon.org}}</ref> and language policy.<ref name=A/><ref name=C>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/lssnew/constituent/vol4p6.pdf|title=Constituent Assembly of India Debates(Proceedings) Volume IV −21 July 1947 |publisher=}}</ref> In 1951, he was elected unopposed to the [[Lok Sabha]] from Coimbatore.

==Co-operative movement==
Ramalingam Chettiar was one of the pioneers of the co-operative movement in [[Madras Presidency]] and was associated with the movement since 1911. He started the Tamil Nadu Cooperative Federation and published a monthly called ''Kooturavu''. He established the Ramalingam Co-operative Training Institute in Coimbatore. He was instrumental in the formation of the Central Co-operative Bank, Urban Bank, Land Development Bank, co-operative milk union and co-operative printing press in Coimbatore.<ref name=D>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/06/stories/2009010658340300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214074009/http://hindu.com/2009/01/06/stories/2009010658340300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 February 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|title= Father of co-operative movement |date=6 January 2009}}</ref>

==Legacy==
Ramalingam died in 1952. The co-operative institute he established is still functioning at Coimbatore.<ref name=D/> After his death, his heirs established the T.A. Ramalingam Chettiar Trust in his memory. The trust runs a Higher Secondary School named after him. The trust also sponsors a number of scholarships and endowments in various educational institutions in Coimbatore.

==See also==

* [[T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar]]

==Notes==
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[[Category:Presidency College, Chennai alumni]]
[[Category:Members of the Constituent Assembly of India]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:1st Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Cooperatives in India]]
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