Omandur Ramasamy Reddiyar (1895 - 1970) was an Indian freedom a fighter and politician of the Indian National Congress. He served as the Premier of Madras Presidency from 23rd March 1947 to 6th April 1949.
O.P.R was born in Omandur near Tindivanam in 1895 to Sri.Muthurama Reddiyar and Smt. Aranga Nayagi. He had his schooling at Walter Scudder High School and entered the Indian independence movement at an early age from 1912-1934.
He was a devotee of Saint Ramalinga Vallalar. He excelled and gained prominence as an agriculturist, a politician, an educationalist, a philanthropist and a social activist. O.P.R has been at the forefront of many social reforms. During his tenure as politician,