# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rettamalai-srinivasan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:41:52.498Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rettamalai-srinivasan"
name: "Rettamalai Srinivasan"
slug: "rettamalai-srinivasan"
description: "Diwan Bahadur Rettamalai Srinivasan, commonly known as R. Srinivasan, was a scheduled caste activist and politician from then Madras Presidency of British India. He is a Paraiyar icon and was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi and was also an associate of B. R. Ambedkar. He is remembered today as one of the pioneers of the Scheduled caste movement in India. He founded the Adi dravida mahajana sabha in 1893."
tagline: "Indian activist (1859–1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/R_Srinivasan_2000_stamp_of_India.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1859-07-07"
deathDate: "1945-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.907202666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump