Pundi Runganadha Mudaliar
Indian politician
Rai Bahadur Pundi Runganadha Mudaliar (c. 1847 – 10 December 1893) or Poondi Ranganatha Mudaliar was a Tamil writer, educationist and politician.
Early life
Runganadha Mudaliar was born in 1847 in Madras to Pundi Subbaraya Mudaliar who worked as a manager in the Madras Irrigation Company. Subbaraya Mudaliar was transferred to Avanashi when Runganadha was young but later moved to Madras following an incident of burglary.
Runganadha had his initial schooling at home where he learnt Tamil and English. At the age of thirteen, Runganadha enrolled in Pachaiyappa's High School. He completed his matriculation in 1862 and stood first in the province in the examinations. He joined the Presidency College, Madras and completed his graduation in February 1865 in first class, excelling in mathematics, English, philosophy and Tamil. Thomson, the principal of the Presidency College was pleased with him that he appointed him Assistant Master soon after his graduation in 1865.
Educational career
On completion of his education, Mudaliar worked as a college professor.
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