L. Krishnaswami Bharathi (26 July 1904 – 31 October 1999) was an Indian freedom fighter, politician and parliamentarian from Tamil Nadu who served as a member of the Constituent Assembly of India from 1946 to 1950, representing the erstwhile Madras State.
[1] He was a Congress leader and advocate of Gandhian values who contributed to the official language issue in the Constituent Assembly.
[3] Bharathi became part of the Constituent Assembly of India representing Madras on a Congress Party ticket.
In 1937, he left the Congress party to participate in the anti-Hindi agitation as a protest against making Hindi compulsory in schools.
[1] He was married to Lakshmi Bharathi, who was also an independence activist who participated in several protests, including the Non-Cooperation Movement, and served time in jail.