yes On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 at 07:19, APS Mani <[email protected]> wrote:
> Worthy read on Rajaji. Mani > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM Rajaram Krishnamurthy < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: Srinivasan Sridharan <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 at 05:54 >> Subject: Fwd: RAJAJI >> To: Patty Thatha <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Srinivasan Sridharan <[email protected]> >> *Date:* November 20, 2025 >> >> >> After his tenures as Home minister and Governor General, Rajaji decided >> to retire from politics and came down to Chennai to live in a small rented >> house at T Nagar. >> The Communists were getting stronger by creating agrarian unrest in deep >> south tamilnadu. The then all powerful congress party was getting worried >> and was looking for a saviour. >> They unanimously decided that it would be only Rajaji who could do that >> and came with that request to him! But Rajaji had already retired from >> politics ! They said they can bring him in as Legistlative council member >> and elect him as their leader! Reluctantly Rajaji agreed to save the >> situation. Accordingly one MLC resigned and the Madras Govenor appointed >> Rajaji in that slot immediately, all within a weeks time! >> Rajaji then took over as the Chief Minister of Madras! His sharp acumen >> found that it is the war time decision of the departed British Govt to >> comtinue with rigid civil supply control that was the problem. He boldly >> announced to lift control on food grain trade and allowed free trade of >> food grains! Within a months time food grain was available in free market >> and people were happy and the agrarian agitation sponsored by Communists >> fizzled out and Govt stabilized and people were happy. >> >> >> Rajaji next turned his attention to primary education at village level . >> He found that to bring in thousands of new school buildings and teachers >> would take lot of time . He therefore came up with the idea that schools >> would work two shifts with double the number of children going to school >> with the same number of schools and teachers! The half day free time of >> children can be usefully engaged by their parents by teaching them their >> traditional skills while at home! >> Kamaraj though a very honest man , was a political competetor to Rajaji! >> He therefore joined hands with EVR and cleverly twisted the issue as a plan >> to keep the poor down with their traditional jobs, while the "rich" ( read >> as Brahmins!) will consolidate in the cushy Govt Jobs! The same group of >> congress leaders, who humbly were requesting Rajaji to take over as their >> floor leader and save them from the communists , believed this and decided >> to pass a no confidence motion on Rajaji and oust him! Rajaji learnt his >> lesson for believing the TN congress men and coming to save them! He >> voluntarily resigned from both the CM post and his MLC member ship and >> subsequently resigned his Congress Party membership also! Ofcourse, Kamaraj >> got the cake to become CM! >> It must be noted that Kamaraj could have easily waited as Rajaji was not >> at all keen to have any high ranking post after having been the one and >> only Indian to occupy the most powerful post of Governor General of India! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Thatha_Patty" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/E614465A-F0A1-48D9-B1AD-451A050D4A75%40gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/E614465A-F0A1-48D9-B1AD-451A050D4A75%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoqSvH1wMkc4%3DZEbDhZo6QXs-y4i9ok2VK1M6DcPvZj8jQ%40mail.gmail.com.
