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Vallinayagam Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai (5 September 1872 - 18 November 1936) was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, businessman and politican. He founded the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1906 to compete against the monopoly of the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISNC).
- 4 sons, 4 daughters
- V. O. C, Va Voo Cee, Kappal Oottiya Tamilzhan, Sekkizhutha semmal, Chekkilutta chemmal
- Indian
- Meenakshi
23 de sept. de 2020 · One of the earliest Indian shipping companies was launched by a Tamil lawyer who wanted to topple the monopoly of the British over maritime operations in India. On World Maritime Day today, we celebrate the legacy of V O Chidambaram Pillai, who had just one message for the British – ‘ship out’.
The Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company ( SSNC) was one of the first indigenous Indian shipping companies set up during the Indian independence movement. It was started in 1906 [1] by V. O. Chidambaram Pillai to compete against the monopoly of the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISNC). [2]
Its navy ruled the seas, and its trade empire spanned the globe. But in the small port town of Tuticorin, a lawyer named V.O. Chidambaram Pillai—known to the world as VOC—had a revolutionary idea that would challenge the might of the empire itself.
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- A.R. Venkatachalapathy
5 de abr. de 2021 · V.O. Chidambaram Pillai, popularly known by his initials, V.O.C, Va Voo Cee, Kappal Oottiya Tamilzhan, was an Indian freedom fighter. He was a prominent lawyer, and a Trade Union leader.
26 de ene. de 2024 · Swadeshi Steam: V.O.Chidambaram Pillai and the Battle against the British Maritime Empire - a session by historians A.R.Venkatachalapathy and Ramachandra Guha (not in picture) at The Hindu Lit ...
10 de dic. de 2022 · V.O.Chidambaram Pillai (Vallinayagam Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai), [VOC] (1872-1936), also known as Kappalottiya Tamilan (The Tamil Helmsman) and Sekkizuththa Semmal [scholarly gentry who suffered at the oil press], was a renowned Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, author, entrepreneur and labour rights activist.
