Subramanya Bharathi
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Tamil poet, social reformer, fighter for Indian freedom & women's rights
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Subramanya Bharathi was a male poet, journalist, autobiographer, and writer born in Ettayapuram on 1882-12-11. A citizen of the British Raj, he practiced Hinduism and resided in Triplicane. He wrote in Tamil and spoke English, French, Sanskrit, and Telugu. His name in his native language is சுப்பிரமணிய பாரதி.
He died in Chennai on 1921-09-12. Bharathi had two children and produced five works. He is associated with Tamil Nadu and has been referenced by 585 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Tamil Nadu
- Active from
- 1882
- Active to
- 1921
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 40
- Total plays
- 143
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Subramanya+Bharathi">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,585x
- Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants
· 2021 · cited 3,164x
- Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 2,569x
- Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
· 2024 · cited 2,554x
- A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity
· 2017 · cited 2,548x
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Quotes
- “The Devil is a Five-headed Snake, says the father.The son says, Nay, it's a Six-headed one.And then their hearts burnwith hate for each others — and they live apart for many years.”
- “Unbearable becomes the pain in my heart — When I think of my people, broken down, broken by disease in mind and limb. On the edge of life they always linger; For countless are the diseases Of Ignorance and Hunger. And on treacherous paths to Slavery like children blind, they would walk behindstrangers from over the sea. O, divine Land, blessed by the gods! O, ancient Mother of Culture and Art! Thy children today are spineless hordes.”
- “யாமறிந்த மொழிகளிலே தமிழ்மொழி போல் இனிதாவது எங்கும் காணோம்po”
- “ஜாதி மதங்களைப் பாரோம் - உயர் ஜன்மம்இத் தேசத்தில் எய்தின ராயின் வேதிய ராயினும் ஒன்றே - அன்றி வேறு குலத்தின ராயினும் ஒன்றே”
- “கவிதை எழுதுபவன் கவியன்று. கவிதையே வாழ்க்கையாக உடையோன், வாழ்க்கையே கவிதையாகச் செய்தோன், அவனே கவி”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1882-12-11 ) 11 December 1882, Ettayapuram , Tirunelveli district , Madras Presidency , British India , (present-day Thoothukudi district , Tamil Nadu , India)
- Died
- 11 September 1921 (1921-09-11) (aged 38), Madras , Madras Presidency, British India, (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
- Other names
- Bharatiyar, Subbaiah, Sakthi Dasan, Mahakavi, Mundasu Kavignar, Veera Kavi
- Citizenship
- Indian
- Occupations
- Writer Poet Composer Journalist Teacher Indian Independence Activist Social reformer Polyglot
- Movement
- Indian independence movement
- Spouse
- Chellamma (m. 1896–1921)
- Family
- Rajkumar Bharathi (great-grandson)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- British Raj
- Place of birth
- Ettayapuram
- Place of death
- Chennai
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Tamil
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Subramanya Bharathi.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Triplicane
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- Commons category
- Subramanya Bharathi
- date of birth
- 1882-12-11
- date of death
- 1921-09-12
- writing language
- Tamil
- name in native language
- சுப்பிரமணிய பாரதி
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Encyclopedic overview
Subramania Bharati (Born Chinnaswami Subramaniyan; 11 December 1882 – 11 September 1921) was an Indian writer, poet, composer, journalist, teacher, Indian independence activist, social reformer and polyglot. He was bestowed the title Bharati for his poetry and was a pioneer of modern Tamil poetry. He is popularly known by his title Bharati or Bharatiyar and also by the other title "Mahakavi Bharati" ("the great poet Bharati"). His works included patriotic songs composed during the Indian Independence movement. He fought for the emancipation of women, against child marriage, opposed the caste system, and advocated reforms of the society and religion.
Born in Ettayapuram of Tirunelveli district (present-day Thoothukudi) in 1882, Bharati had his early education in Tirunelveli. He later lived in Varanasi for sometime where he was exposed to Hindu theology and new languages. He worked as a journalist with many newspapers, including Swadesamitran, The Hindu, Bala Bharata, Vijaya, Chakravarthini and India. He considered Sister Nivedita, a disciple of Swami Vivekananda, as his guru.
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