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G. N. Chetty

G. N. Chetty

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Diwan Bahadur Sir Gopathi Narayanaswami Chetty CIE (Tamil: கோபதி நாராயணசுவாமி செட்டி; 28 September 1881 – 13 June 1950) was an Indian merchant, landlord, politician, legislator and economist.[1]

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Early life

Narayanaswami Chetty was born into the Gopathi balija family. He was the son of Gopathy Mahadeva Chetty. He was educated in Madras. He was an elected President of Madras Corporation.[2]

Public life

Narayanaswamy Chetty served as the member of the Council of State, Imperial Legislative Council of India, from 1930 to 1936. He also served as a President of the Madras Corporation. He was a member of the Joint Select Committee of the Reserve Bank of India Bill and played a pivotal role in the formation of the Reserve Bank of India.[3]

Honours

Narayanaswamy Chetty was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1929 and a Knights Bachelor in 1945.

G. N. Chetty road in T. Nagar, Chennai is named after Gopathi Narayanaswami Chetty.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    St.Martin's Press, Great Britain (2002). Who was who: 1897-2000. ISBN 9780713661255.
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    Olcott, H.S (1889). "The Thesophist". Thesophical Society, Adyar.
  3. [3]
    R. K. Seshadri (1992). A swadeshi bank from South India: a history of the Indian Bank, 1907-1982. Indian Bank. p. 173. ISBN 9780861313419.
  4. [4]
    "INDIAN BANK, G N Chetty Road Branch, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, BankIFSCcode.com". bankifsccode.com. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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