In 1955 he was elected to the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. Karunanidhi,Tanjore Poet Ramanathan and M. Throughout his writing career he was encouraged by political leaders such as Annadurai, M. He was sentenced and imprisoned by the French Government for voicing views against the French Government that was ruling Pondicherry then. He actively participated in the Indian Independence Movement and through his writings,he openly opposed the British and the French Government.
He initially worked as a Tamil teacher in the French territory of Karaikal. In 1909, he was introduced to Subramaniya Bharathiyar, and his interactions with the Mahakavi had a major impact on him. He studied at the Collège Calvé in Pondicherry. He underwent formal education in Tamil literature, Tamil grammar and Saiva Siddhanta Vedanta under reputed scholars. Bharathidasan was born to Kanagasabai Mudaliar and Lakshmi Ammal in a well-to-do merchant family of Pondicherry.
