Suba veerapandian brother embroidery

In this Indian name, the name Rama is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Subbaiah.

Karaikudi Rama Subbaiah (14 November 1908 - 21 May 1997) was an Indian politician and a forerunner of the Dravidian movement.

He served as a member of the erstwhile Tamil Nadu Legislative Council from 1972 to 1978.^[1]

Early life

Subbaiah was born on 14 November 1908 in a Nattukottai Nagarathar family in Arimalam (in Pudukkottai district).

Despite his family's religiousness, he was attracted by the rationalist thoughts of "Periyar" E.V. Ramasamy, to whom he got introduced during 1924–25.^[2]

Politics

Self-Respect Movement (1930-44)

Subbaiah joined the Self-Respect Movement in 1930 and was instrumental in developing the movement in Karaikudi region.

He became a close confidant of Tamil poet Bharathidasan, who had joined the Self-Respect movement the same time as he did. Others who were close to Sub