Salem Ramaswami Mudaliar (6 September 1852 – 2 March 1892) was an Indian lawyer, politician and Indian independence activist who campaigned for India's independence.Ramaswami Mudaliar was born in Salem, Madras Presidency, to Salem Gopalaswami Mudaliar, who served as the tahsildar of Namakkal. Ramaswami's great-grandfather Vedachala Mudaliar had been a prominent dubash to the British East India Company.Ramaswami had his schooling at Madras High School and Pachaiyappa's School, Madras and graduated in arts from the Presidency College, Madras in 1871 with high marks in Tamil, English composition and history. Ramaswami excelled in studies and stood among the top fifteen in the province in his matriculation examinations and first in the presidency in his B. A. examinations. On completion of his graduation, Thomson, the principal of the Presidency College, offered Ramaswami an assistant professorship in English. Wikipedia
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