V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1936)

V. O. Chidambaram Pillai

Indian freedom fighter, first Indian helmsman and former leader of INC

Vallinayagam Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, businessman, Tamil scholar, and politician. He founded the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1906 to compete against the monopoly of the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISNC). He…