Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai

Not to be confused with Vedanayagam Sastriar.
Vedanayagam Pillai
Born
Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai

11 October 1826
Inam Kulathur,
Trichinopoly District,
Madras Presidency, British India (now Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died21 July 1889(1889-07-21) (aged 62)
Pen nameS.V.P.
OccupationTamil scholar, poet, writer, civil servant

Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai (1826–1889), also known as Mayavaram Vedanayagam Pillai was an Indian civil servant, Tamil poet, novelist and social worker who is remembered for the authorship of Prathapa Mudaliar Charithram (1879), recognized as the "first modern Tamil novel". Vedanayagam's ideals of women's liberation and education are reflected in the novel.

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