M. A. Muthiah Chettiar

RAJAH OF CHETTINAD
Rajah Sir M. A. Muthiah Chettiar
Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar
Member of Constituent Assembly of India
In office
9 December 1946 – 24 January 1950
Minister of Education and Excise (Madras Presidency)
In office
10 October 1936 – 14 July 1937
PremierRamakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili,
P. T. Rajan,
Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu
GovernorGeorge Frederick Stanley
Preceded byS. Kumaraswami Reddiar
Succeeded byP. Subbarayan
Mayor Of Madras
In office
8 March 1933 – 1935
PrecedingIncumbency
Succeeded byAbdul Hameed Khan
Personal details
Born5 August 1905
Chettinad Palace, Kanadukathan, Madras Presidency, British India
Died12 May 1984(1984-05-12) (aged 78)
Chettinad House, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Political partyJustice Party
ChildrenM. A. M. Muthiah,
M. A. M. Ramaswamy
AwardsPadma Bhushan(1973)
In this Indian name, the name Muttaiya Annamalai is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Muthiah Chettiar.

Sir Muthiah Annamalai Muthiah Chettiar, Rajah of Chettinad KCSI (5 August 1905 – 12 May 1984) better known as Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar was an Indian Industrialist, banker, politician, philanthropist, and cultural activist who served as First Mayor of Madras city (1933) and Minister of Excise and Education (1936–37) in the provincial government of Madras Presidency.[1][2]

Muthiah Chettiar was holder of the hereditary title Kumar-rajah (1929–48) and later, Rajah of Chettinad (1948–84).

His father Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar was also a famous educationist and founder of the Annamalai University in the town of Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu.[3] He was also the third Nattukottai Chettiar to be knighted; the first two were his nephew and father.[4] The government of Tamil Nadu honoured him with the title Tamil Isai Kavalar.[3][5]

  1. ^ Tamil scholar honoured. The Hindu. 6 August 2005.
  2. ^ Awards presentation ceremony marks 102nd birth anniversary of Muthiah Chettiar. The Hindu. 6 August 2006.
  3. ^ a b Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar – Biography on release of postal stamp on his honour. Indianpost.com. Retrieved on 10 December 2018.
  4. ^ Muthiah, S. (8 September 2003) A generation apart[usurped]. The Hindu.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference award was invoked but never defined (see the help page).