Subramania bharati: He was a poet

He was a poet, freedom fighter, and social reformer from Tamil Nadu. He was known as Mahakavi Bharathiyar, and the laudatory epithet Mahakavi means a great poet. He was born in Ettayapuram, South India, in 1882, and died in Madras in 1921. He is considered one of India’s greatest poets. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi released the compendium of complete works of great Tamil poet and freedom fighter Subramania Bharati at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi today. Paying his tributes to the great Tamil Poet Subramania Bharati on his birth anniversary, Shri Modi said today was a great opportunity for India’s culture and literature, memories of India’s freedom struggle and for the pride of Tamil Nadu. He added that the grand culmination of the publication of the works of ... Subramania Bharati[a] (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. Subramania Bharati, also known as Mahakavi Bharathiyar, was a Tamil poet, freedom fighter, and social reformer.