M. C. Rajah

M. C. Rajah was a Tamil politician and social activist who became a leading advocate for the rights of Dalit communities in colonial India. A founding member of the South Indian Liberal Federation, later known as the Justice Party, he was the first Dalit member elected to the Madras Legislative Council in 1920. Rajah also represented Dalit interests at the Second Round Table Conference in London in 1931, alongside B. R. Ambedkar and Rettamalai Srinivasan.