Rettamalai Srinivasan | |
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![]() Srinivasan (left) and Ambedkar (right) on a 2000 stamp of India | |
Born | |
Died | 18 September 1945 | (aged 85)
Occupation(s) | Lawyer, Journalist and Politician |
Diwan Bahadur Rettamalai Srinivasan (7 July 1860 – 18 September 1945), commonly known as R. Srinivasan, was a scheduled caste activist and politician from then Madras Presidency of British India (now the Indian state of Tamil Nadu). He is a Paraiyar icon and was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and was also an associate of B. R. Ambedkar.[1] He is remembered today as one of the pioneers of the Scheduled caste movement in India. He founded the Adi dravida mahajana sabha in 1893.[2]