Mayandi Bharathi

Mayandi Bharathi
Born	Mayandi 1917 Melamasi Street, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, British India
Died	24 February 2015(age 97-98)
Residence	Kakathopu Street, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Journalist
Known for	Indian independence movement
Spouse(s)	Ponnammal

Mayandi Bharathi (1917 – 2015) was an Indian journalist and revolutionary who participated in the independence movement. He was born on 1917 in Madurai, India. He was in various post in cpim for a long time^[1] and Gandhian philosophy. He was the president of the Chennai Province Extremist Youth Wing. He went to prison 13 times during 1942, 1943 and 1944 for participating in the Quit India Movement and a double-lifer in the Tirunelveli conspiracy case in which he was later acquitted.^[2][3] He worked as a editor on various communist print media like Janasakthi, Theekathir. he was one of the first persons to congratulate U Sagayam, IAS officer, when he returned to Madurai to investigate the multi-crore granite scam.

References

1. "Veteran journalists honoured". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
2. "Remembering Capt Lakshmi Sehgal's Madurai connect". Times of India. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
3. "Ace freedom fighter Mayandi Bharathi dies". Times of India. Retrieved 25 February 2015.