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Birth of a Visionary
On April 24, 1894, when a son was born to Pusapati Chinniah Raja, there was great jubilation in the family. Chinnaiah Raja believed that the child was born with the blessings of the Lord of Rameswaram, and named the child Ramasamy Raja. Little did anyone imagine that the infant was to one day change the face of Rajapalayam, a panoramic town on the foothills of the Western Ghats in South Tamil Nadu. Ramasamy Raja, known as PACR, was only 27 years old when his father died and all the onerous responsibilities of the family were thrust upon his young shoulders.
