C. S. Ranga Iyer was an Indian journalist, politician, Indian independence activist and social reformer.

Personal life

C. S. Ranga Iyer was born in the Madras Presidency

Madras Presidency

The Madras Presidency , officially the Presidency of Fort St. George and also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision of British India...

 in 1895. He had his education in Madras Presidency and on completion of his education, started a career as a journalist. He served as the editor of the English-language newspaper The Independent. During this period, he wrote Father India, a parody of Katherine Mayo's Mother India.

Ranga Iyer was also active in politics and served as a member of the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 until his expulsion in 1929.

In the Imperial Legislative Council

Ranga Iyer was elected to the Imperial legislative Council in 1923. In 1929, he proposed the Untouchability Abolition Bill in the Imperial Legislative Council but later withdrew his proposal reasoning that prominent members of the Congress as Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...

 and Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...

were opposed to the bill.