Vallinayagam Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai (5 September 1872 - 18 November 1936) was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, businessman and politician. He founded the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1906 to compete against the monopoly of the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISNC).

2022年12月10日 · 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.

2024年7月1日 · V.O Chidambaram Pillai aka Vallinayagam Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai (VOC) also known as “Kappalottiya Tamilan” meaning, (the Tamilian who ran the ship). He was a freedom fighter, an eminent lawyer and a distinguished patriot, who served the nation with his sweat and blood.

2021年12月24日 · V.O. Chidambaram Pillai was called ‘Kappalottiya Tamilan’ (the Tamilian who ran the ship) as he was the first Indian to run a Swadeshi Ship. In spite of severest hardships to which he was forced in the jail by the Britishers, his patriotic spirit didn’t decline an inch.

2022年9月5日 · The ‘Chekkizhutha Chemmal’, ‘Kappalotia Tamilan’ the great freedom fighter Vallinayagam Ollaganathan Chidambram Pillai, popularly known as V.O.C in English. Early Life V.O.C. was born in a small town Ottapidaram in Thirunelveli District on 5th September 1872 to Olaganatham Pillai and Paramayi Ammal.

The workers' cause was taken up by V.O. Chidambaram Pillai, who had long been interested in labour welfare, and the striking workers quickly gained the sympathy and support of the people of Tuticorin.

2020年9月23日 · 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’

2024年1月18日 · V.O. Chidambaram Pillai, freedom fighter from Tamil Nadu, has been celebrated as the man who took on the mercantile might of the British in the early 20th century by starting a shipping company...

Recently, the Prime Minister paid tribute to V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, the legendary freedom fighter on his 150th birth anniversary. He was popularly known as Kappalottiya Tamilan (The Tamil Helmsman) and Sekkizuththa Semmal (scholarly gentry who suffered at the oil press).

2022年9月5日 · That man was none other than Valiappan Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai, or more popularly known as V.O.C. He was also called as Kapalottiya Tamizhan ( The Tamil Helsman), one of the foremost freedom fighters of Tamil Nadu.