Poosapati Sanjeevi Kumaraswamy Raja (8 July 1898 – 16 March 1957) was an Indian politician who served as the last Premier of Madras Presidency from 6 April 1949 to 26 January 1950 and first Chief Minister of Madras State from 26 January 1950 to 10 April 1952[1] and Governor of Orissa between 1954 till 1956.

[5] The lives and writings of Annie Besant and Satyamurthy had great influence on his mind and character in his formative years.

In 1934, Raja won central legislature for constituency comprising Tirunelveli, Madurai & Ramanathapuram.

In all the years of his life, most of Raja's wealth was spent in helping the poor and in serving public causes, particularly for the Congress movement.

He founded Bhupathi Raju Co-operative Credit Bank, an urban bank for the benefit of local people especially farmers named after his friend, Bhupathi Raju of Pusapati family in Andhra, who accompanied him in prison during freedom movement.

Hindu higher secondary school and thus he chose his temple as the symbol of Tamil Nadu emblem.

Raja died on 16 March 1957 in Madras, upon not recovering from an illness following his return from a visit to his ancestral village near Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh.