Early Life
TVR was born on October 2, 1908 to Ramalinga Iyer and Bhagavathi at Thazhuvia Mahadevar Koil village in the then Nanjil land, Nagercoil, now the Kanyakumari District.
Right from his childhood, Ramasubbaiyer was a vocal opponent of caste-based discrimination. He strived for the upliftment of depressed classes.
In 1946, Sir C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer, the then Diwan of Travancore, introduced the Compulsory Educational Scheme at the Vellamadam village in Nanjilnadu province (present-day Kanyakumari district).
This plan actually made it possible for Kanyakumari District to achieve the first place in education. To gain people’s support for this plan,TVR travelled to many cities, along with the then Director of School Education, Mr. A.N. Thambi. He emphasized its significance to people and took successful steps to construct 50 school buildings within 3 months.
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