S. P. Adithanar

EN Texto en inglés Aún no hay artículo en tu idioma: extracto en inglés.

Si. Balasubramania Athithan (also known as Si. Ba. Adithanar, born. 27 September 1905 – 24 May 1981), popularly called "Adithanar", was an Indian media proprietor, lawyer, politician, former minister and founder of the Tamil daily newspaper Dina Thanthi. He was the founder of Naam Tamilar Katchi. He served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council for two terms and as a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for four terms. He was the Speaker of the Assembly during 1967–68 and Tamil Nadu's minister for Cooperation in the M. Karunanidhi cabinets of 1969 and 1971. In his memory, two Tamil literary awards were created and are awarded annually by his son, Sivanthi Adithanar (former Director of the Dina Thanthi group).