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Poosapati Sanjeevi Kumarswamy Raja (8 July 1898 – 16 March 1957) was a politician who served as the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from 6 April 1949 to 10 April 1952 and Governor of Orissa between 1954 till 1956. He was born in Rajapalayam in Tamil Nadu. It was in 1919 that he met Mahatma Gandhi for the first time and started following with great interest the events in Gandhi's life. Gandhi's epic struggle in South Africa, the founding of the Ashram in Ahmedabad and the Champaran struggle made a profound impression on him and the utter simplicity of Mahatma's life also evoked his unbounded admiration. In all the years of his life, most of Raja's wealth was spent in helping the poor and in serving public causes, particularly for the Congress movement. He was much interested in co-operative movement also. It was said that Raja studied in Srivilliputtur G.S Hindu Higher Secondary School and thus he chose Srivilliputtur temple as the symbol of