Chempakaraman Pillai
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Chempakaraman Pillai (15 September 1891 – 26 May 1934), also known as Champak Raman Pillai, was an Indian nationalist, political activist, and revolutionary associated with the Indian independence movement. Born in Trivandrum in the erstwhile Kingdom of Travancore (present-day Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala), he spent much of his adult life in Europe, where he worked to promote the cause of Indian independence from British rule. He is widely credited with coining the patriotic slogan “Jai Hind,” which later became one of the most recognized national slogans of India. national celebrations. Indian independence. He died in Berlin, Germany, in 1934 at the age of forty-two.