In this Indian name, the name Ponnuswamy is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Sivagnanam.
Mylai Ponnuswamy Sivagnanam,[1] popularly known as Ma.Po.Si. (26 June 1906 – 3 October 1995), was an Indian politician, freedom fighter, and the founder of the political party Tamil Arasu Kazhagam. He wrote more than 100 books.[2]
Ma.Po.Si. was born on 26 June 1906 of humble parentage in Salvankuppam in Thousand Lights of Madras City, to God –fearing Parents, Ponnuswamy and Sivagami a counterpart of the Nadars of the Southern Districts. For long, Sivagnanam was known as Sivagnanam Gramani, which denominational suffix he shed later. His early education was through his devout mother, and his school term ended at the commencement of Standard III, due to poverty, his father could not buy for him the class text books. Thereafter, the wide world was his school. Sivagnanam was the eldest of the surviving three of his parents’ ten children. Sivagnanam worked on daily wage for some time and later as a weaver for eight years. Subsequently, he started life as a compositor in the Press of a Tamil Journal.
Fight for Retention of Madras (Chennai) as Tamil Nadu state capital
Ma. Po. Si. and Rajaji in center; Convention of the Mylai Tamil Sangam, early 1900s
Potti Sreeramulu started an agitation for separate Andhra Pradesh. As part of this 'Madras Manade' movement was started, asking for Madras to be the capital of separated Andhra Pradesh. Ma.Po.Si. through his Tamil Arasu Kazhagam agitated against Telugus' claim organising rallies, meetings and dharnas etc., saying 'தலை கொடுத்தேனும் தலைநகரைக் காப்போம்' (We will protect and save the capital for Tamils even if we have to part with our heads). Leaders like C. Rajagopalachari supported Ma.Po.Si.[4][5]
Ma.Po.Si. went to meet Sreeramulu during his fast, due to the high respect he had on him, amidst political differences. Andhra Kesari Prakasam who was with Sreeramulu told Ma.Po.Si. that they want to keep Madras as their temporary capital. Ma.Po.Si. denied his request. Ma.Po.Si. through his Tamilasrasu Kazhagam held massive protests for want of Madras within Tamil Nadu. He was even imprisoned at times for this. Sreeramulu died during a fatal fast, which increased more sympathy towards Andhra's demand. 'Madras Manade ' movement attained more momentum.[4][5]
Nehru appointed Vansu, a Rajasthan-based justice to look into the Madras issue. Rajaji pressured Nehru saying if Madras was given to Andhra, he will resign from his post. Ma.Po.Si. submitted historical, literature facts to Vansu explaining the reason why he claims Thiruthani, Thirupathi, Madras to be grouped within Tamil Nadu. In between Nehru got an opportunity to read the famous speech Ma.Po.Si. rendered in Madras Corporation. Two thousand telegrams were sent to Nehru from Tamil Nadu, emphasizing the need for Madras within Tamil Nadu. Finally Madras was attached to Tamil Nadu by the great efforts of Ma.Po.Si.But Tirupati only left.[4][5]
Madras (Chennai) Corporation Symbol
During the British period the Madras Corporation flag had the ‘sea,boat ,3 lions and 2 fishes’.The 3 lions represented the British and the sea,boat,fishes denoted the seashore of madras.After Independence, the need for changing the flag arose. M.P.Sivagnanam who was heading the education wing of the corporation suggested the Pandiya,Chola,Chera’s symbol ‘Fish,Tiger and Bow’ (which he already had in his ‘Tamil arasu kazhagam’s flag). Rajaji agreed with his suggestion.[6]
Literature
An excerpt from Ma. Po. Si.'s book 'Arivuk kadhaigal'
It was in Amaravathi prison where Ma.Po.Si. started his literary journey. His interest to sangam literature was kindled by the words of Subramanya Bharathi. He claimed that the simple words of Bharathi acted as a tutor to take him to the next literary level. He attributed all his literary growth to Subramanya Bharathi.Ma.Po.Si. is one of the authors to have written about 10 research books on Bharathi.
He started reading Silapathikaram and got induced into it. He took the morals dictated by Silapathikaram as his bible ad enforced his party's principles based on the same. He was the one, who pioneered spreading the merits of Silapathikaram. Ma.Po.Si.’s extensive research on Silapathikaram earned him the special title "Silambu Chelvar" by R. P. Sethu Pillai. His attraction towards this epic even made him name his daughters Kannagi and Madhavi.
Ma.Po.Si. wanted to spread the merits of Silapathikaram throughout the world. He conducted the 'Silapathikara Vizha' in 1950 for the first time in Tamil History. It was held in Congress Grounds,Madras,Tamil Nadu.The ceremony consisted of eminent Tamil scholars from all Tamil parties. From 1950 onwards Ma.Po.Si.'s Tamil Arasu Kazhagam started celebrating the Silpathikara Vizha every year.
After Ma.Po.Si.'s demise, his daughter Ma.Po.Si. Madhavi Baskaran started celebrating Silapathigara Vizha in 2013,through a Trust run by her in the name of her father.[7]
Ma.Po.Si. brought out the contribution of V.O. Chidambaram Pillai to the masses. He wrote V.O.Chidambaram Pillai's biography and named it as 'Kappalottiya Thamizhan'. Later V.O.Chidambaram Pillai was remembered by all as 'Kappalottiya Thamizhan'.A Tamil movie named Kappalottiya Thamizhan directed by B.R.Panthulu was taken based on Ma.Po.Si.'s biography.
Ma.Po.Si. was instrumental in reviving the public interest of Kattabomman through his biography he wrote. Later a Tamil movie named 'Veerapandiya Kattabomman (film)' was made which made Kattaboman more popular. Ma.Po.Si. wrote the screenplay for this movie.
1952–53 Chairman, Education Committee, Corporation of Madras.
1952–54 Member, Senate of Madras University
1957–69 Member, Senate of Madurai Kamaraj University
1972–76 Member, Syndicate of Madras University
1978 Member, Senate of Annamalai University
1981 Delivered Convocation Address in the Rural University, Gandhigram, Tamil Nadu
Chairman of several committees, commissions constituted by the Madras University .
Various books written by him such as Veerapandia Kattabomman, Kappalottiyathamizhan, Vallalar Kanda Orumaippaadu, KambanKaviyinbam, Kalingaththu parani, Bharathiyaarin Paadhaiyile etc.,have been prescribed as text books for High Schools, colleges and as Reference books for Post-Graduates courses.
Library movement
1952–54 Chairman, Madras District Local Library Authority
1970–73 Chairman, Madras District Local Library Authority, 2nd time
1972–74 Member, Tamil Nadu State Local Library Authority Responsible for the creation of separate department and Director for Librariesin Tamil Nadu and also for increasing the Library Cess from 3 paise to 5 paise.
Visits abroad
1948 First visited Ceylon and toured for 28 days
1956 Visited Burma and toured for 18 days
1964–65 Visited Malaysia and Singapore twice
1965 Visited Kulalampur and participated as the representative of Government of Tamil Nadu in the World Tamil Conference held at Kulalumpur
1970 Participated as the representative of Government of Tamil Nadu in The World Tamil Conference held at Paris
1970 Visited Soviet Union and toured for seven days at the invitation of Soviet Union
1970 Visited London and stayed for three days on his way back to India from Paris and studied the working of Library Movement and Police Administration
1986 Visited London and United States of America for over three weeks.Toured various places in America and participated in World Peace Conference in Virginia
Awards and honours
Statue of Ma. Po. Sivagnanam in Chennai
1950 Awarded title "Silambu Selvar" by Prof. R.P.Sethupillai
1966 "Sahithya Academy Award" for the book written by him Vallalarkanda Orumaipadu
1970 Award given by UNESCO Mandram, Madras during International Education Year
1972 ‘Padmashri’ Award by the President of India
1976 ‘Kalaimamani’ title by Tamil Nadu Iyal,Isai, Nataka Mandram, Madras
1979 “Doctor of Literature” by the University of Madras
1979 “Doctor of Literature” by the Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu
1980 Tamil Nadu Government has awarded a prize for the book written by his namely, "Enathu Porattam" containing 1200 pages. This book was released by the erstwhile President of India Thiru. V.V.Giri.
1985 The book " Viduthalai Poril Thamizhagam" was nationalized by the Tamil Nadu Government
1985 Award of ‘Peravai chemmal’ by Madurai Kamarajar University
2006 Hon'ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi on 15 August Tuesday 2006 released commemorative postage stamp issued by the Department of Posts on freedom fighter and Tamil scholar Silambu Chelvar M.P. Sivagnanam (Ma.Po.Si.) .
2006 Books of Ma.Po.Si. Nationalized by the Tamil Nadu Government.
2011 Statue of Ma.Po.Si. unveiled in Thyagaraya Nagar (T.Nagar, Chennai)
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In this Indian name the name Ponnuswamy is a patronymic and the person should be referred to by the given name Sivagnanam Mylai Ponnuswamy Sivagnanam 1 popularly known as Ma Po Si 26 June 1906 3 October 1995 was an Indian politician freedom fighter and the founder of the political party Tamil Arasu Kazhagam He wrote more than 100 books 2 Mylai Ponnuswamy SivagnanamSivagnanam on a 2006 stamp of IndiaBornMylai Ponnuswamy Sivagnanam 1906 06 26 26 June 1906Chennai Tamil NaduDied3 October 1995 1995 10 03 aged 89 Chennai Tamil NaduOccupation s Journalist poet Contents 1 Biography 2 Fight for Retention of Madras Chennai as Tamil Nadu state capital 3 Madras Chennai Corporation Symbol 4 Literature 4 1 Inspired by Subramanya Bharathi 4 2 Silapathikaram 4 2 1 Silapathikara Vizha 4 3 V O Chidambaram Pillai 4 4 Veerapandiya Kattabomman 4 5 Thiruvalluvar 4 6 Books of Ma Po Si translated in English 5 Educational service 6 Library movement 7 Visits abroad 8 Awards and honours 9 References 10 External linksBiography EditMa Po Si was born on 26 June 1906 of humble parentage in Salvankuppam in Thousand Lights of Madras City to God fearing Parents Ponnuswamy and Sivagami a counterpart of the Nadars of the Southern Districts For long Sivagnanam was known as Sivagnanam Gramani which denominational suffix he shed later His early education was through his devout mother and his school term ended at the commencement of Standard III due to poverty his father could not buy for him the class text books Thereafter the wide world was his school Sivagnanam was the eldest of the surviving three of his parents ten children Sivagnanam worked on daily wage for some time and later as a weaver for eight years Subsequently he started life as a compositor in the Press of a Tamil Journal He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Thiyagarayanagar constituency contesting as a DMK contestant in 1967 3 His participation in the demarcation of Tamil Nadu has made him an important figure in the state s history It was through his efforts the state could retain Madras now renamed as Chennai and got Tiruttani from Andhra Pradesh due to his the namade vs manade agitation He was the chairman presiding officer of Tamil Nadu Legislative Council when it was abolished by M G Ramachandran in 1986 2 Fight for Retention of Madras Chennai as Tamil Nadu state capital Edit Ma Po Si and Rajaji in center Convention of the Mylai Tamil Sangam early 1900s Potti Sreeramulu started an agitation for separate Andhra Pradesh As part of this Madras Manade movement was started asking for Madras to be the capital of separated Andhra Pradesh Ma Po Si through his Tamil Arasu Kazhagam agitated against Telugus claim organising rallies meetings and dharnas etc saying தல க ட த த ன ம தல நகர க க ப ப ம We will protect and save the capital for Tamils even if we have to part with our heads Leaders like C Rajagopalachari supported Ma Po Si 4 5 Ma Po Si went to meet Sreeramulu during his fast due to the high respect he had on him amidst political differences Andhra Kesari Prakasam who was with Sreeramulu told Ma Po Si that they want to keep Madras as their temporary capital Ma Po Si denied his request Ma Po Si through his Tamilasrasu Kazhagam held massive protests for want of Madras within Tamil Nadu He was even imprisoned at times for this Sreeramulu died during a fatal fast which increased more sympathy towards Andhra s demand Madras Manade movement attained more momentum 4 5 Nehru appointed Vansu a Rajasthan based justice to look into the Madras issue Rajaji pressured Nehru saying if Madras was given to Andhra he will resign from his post Ma Po Si submitted historical literature facts to Vansu explaining the reason why he claims Thiruthani Thirupathi Madras to be grouped within Tamil Nadu In between Nehru got an opportunity to read the famous speech Ma Po Si rendered in Madras Corporation Two thousand telegrams were sent to Nehru from Tamil Nadu emphasizing the need for Madras within Tamil Nadu Finally Madras was attached to Tamil Nadu by the great efforts of Ma Po Si But Tirupati only left 4 5 Madras Chennai Corporation Symbol EditDuring the British period the Madras Corporation flag had the sea boat 3 lions and 2 fishes The 3 lions represented the British and the sea boat fishes denoted the seashore of madras After Independence the need for changing the flag arose M P Sivagnanam who was heading the education wing of the corporation suggested the Pandiya Chola Chera s symbol Fish Tiger and Bow which he already had in his Tamil arasu kazhagam s flag Rajaji agreed with his suggestion 6 Literature Edit source source source An excerpt from Ma Po Si s book Arivuk kadhaigal Inspired by Subramanya Bharathi Edit It was in Amaravathi prison where Ma Po Si started his literary journey His interest to sangam literature was kindled by the words of Subramanya Bharathi He claimed that the simple words of Bharathi acted as a tutor to take him to the next literary level He attributed all his literary growth to Subramanya Bharathi Ma Po Si is one of the authors to have written about 10 research books on Bharathi Books written by Ma Po Si on Subramanya BharathiVallalarum Bharathiyum 1965 Engal Kavi Bharathi 1953 Bharathiyum Aangilamum 1961 Bharathi Kanda Orumaipadu 1962 Ulaga Mahakavi Bharathi 1966 Bharathiyar Pathaiyile 1974 Bharathiyin Porkural 1979 Bharathy Patri Ma Po Si Perurai 1983 Tholkappiathilirunthu Bharathi varai 1979 Ennai Valartha Bharathi 2013 by VikramanSilapathikaram Edit He started reading Silapathikaram and got induced into it He took the morals dictated by Silapathikaram as his bible ad enforced his party s principles based on the same He was the one who pioneered spreading the merits of Silapathikaram Ma Po Si s extensive research on Silapathikaram earned him the special title Silambu Chelvar by R P Sethu Pillai His attraction towards this epic even made him name his daughters Kannagi and Madhavi Books written by Ma Po Si on SilapathikaramSilappatikaramum Thamizharum 1947 Kannagi Vazhipadu 1950 Illangovin Silambu 1953 Veerakanagi 1958 Nenjaiallum Silappatikaram 1961 Madhaviyin Manbu 1968 Kovalan Kutravaliya 1971 Silappatikara Thiranaivu 1973 Silappatikara Yathirai 1977 Silappatikara Aayvurai 1979 Silappatikara Uraiasiriyargal Sirappu 1980 Silappatikarathil Yashum Esaiyum 1990 Silambil Edupatathu eppadi 1994 Silapathikara Vizha Edit Ma Po Si wanted to spread the merits of Silapathikaram throughout the world He conducted the Silapathikara Vizha in 1950 for the first time in Tamil History It was held in Congress Grounds Madras Tamil Nadu The ceremony consisted of eminent Tamil scholars from all Tamil parties From 1950 onwards Ma Po Si s Tamil Arasu Kazhagam started celebrating the Silpathikara Vizha every year After Ma Po Si s demise his daughter Ma Po Si Madhavi Baskaran started celebrating Silapathigara Vizha in 2013 through a Trust run by her in the name of her father 7 V O Chidambaram Pillai Edit Ma Po Si brought out the contribution of V O Chidambaram Pillai to the masses He wrote V O Chidambaram Pillai s biography and named it as Kappalottiya Thamizhan Later V O Chidambaram Pillai was remembered by all as Kappalottiya Thamizhan A Tamil movie named Kappalottiya Thamizhan directed by B R Panthulu was taken based on Ma Po Si s biography Books written by Ma Po Si on V O Chidambaram PillaiKappalottiya Thamizhan 1944 Kappalottiya Chidambaranar 1972 Thalapathy Chidambaranar 1950 Veerapandiya Kattabomman Edit Ma Po Si was instrumental in reviving the public interest of Kattabomman through his biography he wrote Later a Tamil movie named Veerapandiya Kattabomman film was made which made Kattaboman more popular Ma Po Si wrote the screenplay for this movie Books written by Ma Po Si on Veerapandiya KattabommanVeerapandiya Kattabomman 1949 Kayathatril Kattabomman 1950 Suthanthira Veeran Kattabomman 1950 Thiruvalluvar Edit Books written by Ma Po Si on ThiruvalluvarThirukuralil Kalai Patri Kurathathen 1974 Valluvar Thantha Vazhi 1952 Thiruvalluvarum Karl Marxum 1960 Books of Ma Po Si translated in English Edit The Great Patriot V O Chidambaram Pillai The First Patriot Veera Pandia Katta Bomman The Universal Vision of Saint RamalingaHe was the editor of Senkol which became the vehicle of his ideas on matters of political and literary In 1966 he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Tamil for his biography of Vallalar Vallalar kanda orumaipaadu 8 In 1972 Government of India awarded him Padma Shri for Literature amp Education 1 Educational service Edit1952 53 Chairman Education Committee Corporation of Madras 1952 54 Member Senate of Madras University 1957 69 Member Senate of Madurai Kamaraj University 1972 76 Member Syndicate of Madras University 1978 Member Senate of Annamalai University 1981 Delivered Convocation Address in the Rural University Gandhigram Tamil Nadu Chairman of several committees commissions constituted by the Madras University Various books written by him such as Veerapandia Kattabomman Kappalottiyathamizhan Vallalar Kanda Orumaippaadu KambanKaviyinbam Kalingaththu parani Bharathiyaarin Paadhaiyile etc have been prescribed as text books for High Schools colleges and as Reference books for Post Graduates courses Library movement Edit1952 54 Chairman Madras District Local Library Authority 1970 73 Chairman Madras District Local Library Authority 2nd time 1972 74 Member Tamil Nadu State Local Library Authority Responsible for the creation of separate department and Director for Librariesin Tamil Nadu and also for increasing the Library Cess from 3 paise to 5 paise Visits abroad Edit1948 First visited Ceylon and toured for 28 days 1956 Visited Burma and toured for 18 days 1964 65 Visited Malaysia and Singapore twice 1965 Visited Kulalampur and participated as the representative of Government of Tamil Nadu in the World Tamil Conference held at Kulalumpur 1970 Participated as the representative of Government of Tamil Nadu in The World Tamil Conference held at Paris 1970 Visited Soviet Union and toured for seven days at the invitation of Soviet Union 1970 Visited London and stayed for three days on his way back to India from Paris and studied the working of Library Movement and Police Administration 1986 Visited London and United States of America for over three weeks Toured various places in America and participated in World Peace Conference in VirginiaAwards and honours Edit Statue of Ma Po Sivagnanam in Chennai 1950 Awarded title Silambu Selvar by Prof R P Sethupillai 1966 Sahithya Academy Award for the book written by him Vallalarkanda Orumaipadu 1970 Award given by UNESCO Mandram Madras during International Education Year 1972 Padmashri Award by the President of India 1976 Kalaimamani title by Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram Madras 1979 Doctor of Literature by the University of Madras 1979 Doctor of Literature by the Annamalai University Chidambaram Tamil Nadu 1980 Tamil Nadu Government has awarded a prize for the book written by his namely Enathu Porattam containing 1200 pages This book was released by the erstwhile President of India Thiru V V Giri 1985 The book Viduthalai Poril Thamizhagam was nationalized by the Tamil Nadu Government 1985 Award of Peravai chemmal by Madurai Kamarajar University 2006 Hon ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Dr Kalaignar M Karunanidhi on 15 August Tuesday 2006 released commemorative postage stamp issued by the Department of Posts on freedom fighter and Tamil scholar Silambu Chelvar M P Sivagnanam Ma Po Si 2006 Books of Ma Po Si Nationalized by the Tamil Nadu Government 2011 Statue of Ma Po Si unveiled in Thyagaraya Nagar T Nagar Chennai References Edit a b Padma Awards 1972 padmaawards gov in a b Government to take over Ma Po Si s works Usurped The Hindu 2 July 2006 Accessed 21 July 2008 List Of Political Parties PDF Retrieved on 2018 11 13 a b c Chennai dinam Madras Day Contribution to Madras Day Tribute to Madras Looking back Chennai Madras Day celebrations Major Buildings in Chennai Trademark of Chennai August 22 event Archived from the original on 7 April 2014 Retrieved 31 March 2014 a b c தம ழ ந ட எல ல ப ப ர ட டம ச க வரல ற ந கழ வ ம அகழ வ ம கர த த க களம Yarl com Retrieved on 2018 11 13 தம ழக வரல ற ற ல ம த த ர பத த த ம ப ச இந த தம ழ த ச Tamil thehindu com Retrieved on 2018 11 13 Tamil News Tamil Newspaper Latest Tamil News Top Tamil News Online Tamil News Tamil News Live Tamil News Online Tamilnadu News Today s News in Tamil Tamil Latest News Tamil Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955 2007 Archived 24 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine Sahitya Akademi Official website External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to M P Sivagnanam Silambu Selvar Padmashri Dr Ma Po Si Trust Thamizharasu Kazhagam Kappalottiya Thamizhan Veerapandiya Kattabomman Silapathikaram Gramani Community http maposi com Silapathikaram website History of Chennai Silappathikara Vizha Ma Po Si 20th Memorial 54th Anniversary of Thiruthani http www maposi co in Silambu Selvar Trust Inauguration 106th Birthday Celebrations of Silambu Selvar Daily Thanthi 106th Birthday Celebrations of Ma Po Si Dinamalar Death Anniversary Celebrations of Ma Po Si Dinathanthi 107th Birthday Celebration of Ma Po Si 17th Death Anniversary of M P Sivagnanam 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title M P Sivagnanam amp oldid 1112085371, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
