Srinivasa Iyengar was born in the Ramanathapuram district of Madras Presidency . He graduated in law and practised as a lawyer in the Madras High Court rising to become Advocate-General in 1916 . He also served as a member of the bar council and was nominated as the law member of the Governor 's executive council . He resigned his Advocate-General post , his seat in the Governor 's executive council and returned his C. I. E. in 1920 in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and joined the Indian National Congress . He participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement . However , in 1923 , he broke away along with other leaders as Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das due to differences with Mahatma Gandhi over participating in elections . The breakaway faction later formed the Swarajya Party . Iyengar served as the President of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee and later , the Madras Province Swarajya Party and was the leader of the party when it refused to form the government in the province despite winning a majority in the 1926 elections . In later life , he established the Independence of India league and organised protests against the Simon Commission . He retired from politics due to differences with other Congress politicians over the goal of Dominion status . He briefly returned to politics in 1938 . On 19 May 1941 , Iyengar died in his house in Madras
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
S. Srinivasa Iyengar