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Subramanya Bharathi (lang-ta??????????? ?????) (December 11, 1882 - September 11, 1921) was a Tamil poet from Tamil Nadu, India, an independence fighter and iconoclastic reformer. Known as Mahakavi Bharathi (the laudatory epithet Maha Kavi meaning Great Poet in many Indian languages), he is celebrated as one of Indias greatest poets. Bharathi was prolific and adept in both the prose and poetry forms. His compositions helped rally the masses to support the Indian independence movement in South India. Bharathi lived during an eventful period of Indian history, his contemporaries including prominent leaders of the Indian independence movement such as Mahatma Gandhi, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Sri Aurobindo and V.V.S.Aiyar.
Alternate Name: Bharathiyar, Shelleydasan, Sakthi Dasan
Date of birth: 1882-12-11
Birth Location: Ettayapuram, Madras Presidency, India
Date of death: 1921-09-11
Death Location: Madras, India
Movement: Indian independence movement