G. N. Chetty

Diwan Bahadur Sir Gopathi Narayanaswami Chettiar CIE (Tamil: கோபதி நாராயணசுவாமி செட்டியார்; 28 September 1881 – 13 June 1950) was an Indian merchant, landlord, politician, legislator and economist.^[1]

Diwan Bahadur Sir Gopathi Narayanaswami Chettiar
Member of the Council of State (Imperial Legislative Council of India)
In office 1930–1936
Governors-General	E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
Personal details
Born	(1881-09-28)28 September 1881 Madras, India
Died	13 June 1950(1950-06-13) (aged 68) Madras, India
Profession	merchant, businessman

Early life

Narayanaswami Chettiar was born into the Gopathi balija family. He was the son of Gopathy Mahadeva Chettiar. He was educated in Madras. He was an elected President of Madras Corporation.^[2]

Public life

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]

Honours

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]