C. Rajagopalachari, India's liberation warrior and the country's first Governor General, was born in Thorapalli, Madras Presidency, British India, in 1878.
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, better known as Mootharignar Rajaji, was an Indian leader, writer, lawyer, and freedom campaigner who lived from 9 December 1878 to 25 December 1972. Rajagopalachari served as India's final Governor-General before the country became a republic in 1950. He was also the first governor-general to be born in India, since all prior governors-general had been British nationals. He was also the Indian National Congress's leader, the Premier of the Madras Presidency, the Governor of West Bengal, the Indian Union's Minister for Home Affairs, and the Chief Minister of Madras state. Rajagopalachari formed the Swatantra Party and was one of the first people to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, In
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