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He was born in 1905 in Sivakasi to Palaniappa Nadar and Nagammal.
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Ayya Nadar
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He along with Shanmuga Nadar is credited for transforming the small village of Sivakasi into a thriving industrial town. Upon their return to Sivakasi, they started a factory together with machines imported from Germany. In 1926, they separated and established two separate match industries with Ayya Nadar"s Anil (squirrel) brand competing with Shanmuga Nadar"s kaka (crow) or Standard brand.
The company which started with producing matches eventually diversified into other areas including fireworks, yarn, printing and education.
The college is located in Sivakasi. From its beginning in 1923 till 1984, he headed the institution he founded.
They started Ayyan Nadar Janaki Ammal women"s polytechnic in 1990. Ayya Nadar, along with Shanmuga Nadar, is credited with transforming the small poverty-stricken Sivakasi village into a bustling industrial town.
R. G. Chandramogan, another entrepreneur and owner of Hatsun Agro, who happened to grow up in this town and witness this transformation said,
The people of our town looked up to them as demigods because of the prosperity they brought to us.
He was the chairman of Sivakasi municipality between 1955 and 1963. Vaippar-Vembakkotai drinking water scheme with a dam in the north of the city was instituted during his tenure, which helped in the expansion of population and industries in the drought-prone town.
