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{{Infobox person
| name = Tirukkuralar V. Munusamy
| birth_name = V. Munusamy
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1913|09|26}}
| birth_place = Thogaippadi, [[Villupuram district|Villupuram]],
[[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1994|01|04|1913|09|26}}
| death_place =
| nationality = Indian
| known_for = Promoting the [[Tirukkural]]
| occupation = Tamil scholar
| father = A. Veerasamy
| mother = Veerammal
| spouse = Gyanambal
| children = 8 (6 sons and 2 daughters)
| awards =
}}

'''V. Munusamy''' (26 September 1913 – 4 January 1994), popularly known as '''Tirukkuralar Munusamy''', was a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] scholar and politician highly regarded for his work on promoting the Tamil classical work of the [[Tirukkural]]. He also served as a member of Indian Parliament during 1952–1957.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Tirukkural V. Munusamy
| last = Periyannan
| first = G.
| date = 5 September 2013
| publisher = All India Tamil Writers’ Association
}}</ref>

==Biography==
Munusamy was born on 26 September 1913 in [[Thogaipadi]] village near [[Villupuram]] to A. Veerasamy and Veerammal. He did his schooling at St. Soosaiyappar Higher Secondary School in [[Tiruchi]]. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics at St. Soosaiyappar College and in law at [[Government Law College, Chennai|Government Law College]] in [[Chennai]]. By 1943, he became a scholar in Tamil.{{Citation needed|date=September 2020}}

Ever since his school days, Munusamy was attracted towards the [[Tirukkural]] and soon memorized all the 1330 verses of the Kural literature. With the intention to take it to the common man, he conducted his first public discourse in 1935 at [[Nootrukkal Mantapam]] in the [[Malaikottai (Tiruchirappalli)|Malaikottai]] neighbourhood of Tiruchi. In 1941, Munusamy conducted the first ever Tirukkural conference in [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]], which was attended by scholars such as [[Devaneya Pavanar]]. While staying in [[Puraisaiwalkam]] during his college years, he conducted Tirukkural classes and also campaigns holding Kural placards with scholars such as [[A. K. Paranthamanar]], [[Natesanar]], and [[Vadivelanar]]. Soon, he conducted a Kural conference in Chennai, which saw the participation of such professors as [[R. P. Sethupillai]], [[Subramania Pillai]], and [[Rasakannanar]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}

==See also==
{{Portal|India|Tamils|Literature}}
* [[Tirukkural]]

==References==
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