Honorific-Prefix: | Diwan Bahadur Sir |
Gopathi Narayanaswami Chetty | |
Office1: | Member of the Council of State (Imperial Legislative Council of India) |
Term Start1: | 1930 |
Term End1: | 1936 |
Governor-General1: | E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon |
Birth Date: | 1881 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Madras, India |
Death Place: | Madras, India |
Profession: | merchant, businessman |
Diwan Bahadur Sir Gopathi Narayanaswami Chetty (ta|கோபதி நாராயணசுவாமி செட்டி; 28 September 1881 – 13 June 1950) was an Indian merchant, landlord, politician, legislator and economist.[1]
Narayanaswami Chetty was born into the Gopathi balija family. He was the son of Gopathy Mahadeva Chetty. He was educated in Madras. He was an elected President of Madras Corporation.[2]
Narayanaswamy Chetty served as the member of the Council of State, Imperial Legislative Council of India, from 1930 to 1936. He also served as a President of the Madras Corporation. He was a member of the Joint Select Committee of the Reserve Bank of India Bill and played a pivotal role in the formation of the Reserve Bank of India.[3]
Narayanaswamy Chetty was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1929 and a Knights Bachelor in 1945.
G. N. Chetty road in T. Nagar, Chennai is named after Gopathi Narayanaswami Chetty.[4]