Rai Bahadur Sir Panapakkam Anandacharlu CIE (5 August 1843 – 4 January 1908)[1] was an Indian lawyer and freedom fighter who was a founding delegate and later president of the Indian National Congress, founder and president of the Triplicane Literary Society, and founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha.

His practice as a full lawyer began in 1869 when he became a member of the Chamber of the Madras High Court.

In 1878, he helped G. Subrahmania Iyer and M. Veeraraghavachariar in starting The Hindu and became a frequent contributor to it.

He founded the Triplicane Literary Society (of which he was elected president) and the Madras Mahajana Sabha in 1884.

He also participated in the Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress in 1891 of which he was elected president.