Rai Ranga Rao was (born T. Ranga Rao,also spelt Ranga Row) was an Indian administrator and statesman who served as Diwan of Travancore 1837–1838. He was the father of Sir T. Madhava Rao,brother of R. Venkata Rao and paternal uncle of R. Raghunatha Rao. [1] [2]
The Kingdom of Travancore (/ˈtrævənkɔːr/),also known as the Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor,was an Indian kingdom from c. 1729 until 1949. It was ruled by the Travancore Royal Family from Padmanabhapuram,and later Thiruvananthapuram. At its zenith,the kingdom covered most of the south of modern-day Kerala,and the southernmost part of modern-day Tamil Nadu with the Thachudaya Kaimal's enclave of Irinjalakuda Koodalmanikyam temple in the neighbouring Kingdom of Cochin. However Tangasseri area of Kollam city and Anchuthengu near Attingal in Thiruvananthapuram district,were British colonies and were part of the Malabar District until 30 June 1927,and Tirunelveli district from 1 July 1927 onwards. Travancore merged with the erstwhile princely state of Cochin to form Travancore-Cochin in 1950. The five Tamil-majority Taluks of Vilavancode,Kalkulam,Thovalai,Agastheeswaram,and Sengottai were transferred from Travancore-Cochin to Madras State in 1956. The Malayalam-speaking regions of Travancore-Cochin merged with the Malabar District and the Kasaragod taluk of the South Canara district in Madras State to form the modern Malayalam-state of Kerala on 1 November 1956,according to the States Reorganisation Act,1956 passed by the Government of India.
Rao is a title and a surname native to India. It is used mostly in states of Gujarat,Haryana,Rajasthan,Andhra Pradesh,Telangana,Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Raja Sir Tanjore Madhava Rao,KCSI,also known as Sir Madhava Rao Thanjavurkar or simply as Madhavarao Tanjorkar,was an Indian statesman,civil servant,administrator and politician who served as the Diwan of Travancore from 1857 to 1872,Indore from 1873 to 1875 and Baroda from 1875 to 1882. He was the nephew of the former Diwan of Travancore T. Venkata Rao and the son of T. Ranga Rao who was also the former Diwan of Travancore.
The Daly Memorial Hall,is a heritage building located in Bangalore,Karnataka that houses the Mythic Society. The Mythic society,founded in 1909,is a pioneering institution of Catholic-Indic studies in South India. Daly Memorial Hall,built at a cost of INR 24,783,was inaugurated on 25 July 1917 by the Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar (the Yuvaraja of Mysore. The Hall is named after Sir Hugh Daly,who served as the Resident of Mysore State and Chief Commissioner of Coorg.
Raja Sri Ravu SvetachalapatiSir Ramakrishna Ranga RaoKCIE was an Indian politician and zamindar who served as the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from 5 November 1932 to 4 April 1936 and 24 August 1936 to 1 April 1937.
Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma (1832–1880) was the ruler of the princely state of Travancore in India from 1860 to 1880. His reign was highly successful with Travancore gaining the appellation of "model state of India". Ayilyam Thirunal was the nephew of Uthram Thirunal and Swathi Thirunal and grandson of Gowri Lakshmi Bayi.
Thanjavur Marathi,are a Marathi-speaking ethno-linguistic group,who reside in the central and northern parts of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. They are the descendants of Marathi administrators,soldiers and noblemen who migrated during the rule of the Thanjavur Maratha kingdom. Thanjavur was a Maratha kingdom in Tamil Country,until the British dethroned the last Thanjavur Maratha king,Shivaji of Thanjavur. It was founded by Maratha Warrior King Chatrapati Shivaji's half-brother,Ekoji alias Venkoji RajēBhonsalē. The Kshatriyas use Maratha,while the Brahmins use the name Deshastha.
Komarraju Venkata Lakshmana Rao,was an Indian historian.
S. Shungrasoobyer (1836–1904),also known as Sankara Subha Iyer or Sankara Stibbaiyar,was an Indian administrator who served as the Diwan of Travancore State from 1892 to 1898.
Sir Amaravati Seshayya Sastri,or Sashiah Sastri,was an Indian administrator who served as the Diwan of Travancore from May 1872 to 4 May 1877 and as the Diwan of Pudukkottai from 1878 to 1894. He is credited with having modernized the city of Pudukkottai.
Sir Venkata Svetachalapathi Ranga Rao Bahadur was an Indian landlord and zamindar of Bobbili in Madras Presidency from 1881 to 1921. His grandson and successor Ramakrishna Ranga Rao served as the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from 1932 to 1936.
Diwan Bahadur Cozhisseri Karunakara Menon (1863–1922) was an Indian journalist and politician from the erstwhile Madras Presidency. He was the second editor of The Hindu after G. Subramania Iyer and the founder of the Indian Patriot.
SirTanjore Ananda Rao was an Indian administrator and statesman who served as the 18th Diwan of Mysore from 1909 to 1912. He was the eldest son of Sir T. Madhava Rao.
SirVishwanath Patankar Madhava Rao was an Indian administrator and statesman who served as the 17th Diwan of Mysore from 1906 to 1909 and that of Baroda from 1910 to 1913.
Rai Raya Rai Venkata Rao,was an Indian administrator and statesman who served as Diwan of Travancore 1821–1829 and 1838–39. He was the father of R. Raghunatha Rao,brother of R. Ranga Rao and paternal uncle of Sir T. Madhava Rao.
Tanjore Rama Rao,was an Indian administrator who served as the Diwan of Travancore from 1887 to 1892. V. Nagam Aiya,in his 1906Travancore State Manual calls him "the most popular Diwan in recent times". Rama Rao was a cousin of Rajah Sir T. Madhava Rao and Diwan Bahadur R. Raghunatha Rao. All three were grandsons of Gundopanth. Rama Rao's mother Sonamma Bai was Gundopanth's daughter,while Diwan Bahadur R. Raghunatha Rao's father R. Venkata Rao and T. Madhava Rao's father R. Ranga Rao were Gundopanth's sons.
Diwan Bahadur Rai Raghunatha Rao was an Indian civil servant,administrator,politician and Indian independence activist who served as the Diwan of Indore from 1875 to 1880 and 1886 to 1888. He was related to Indian statesman Sir T. Madhava Rao.
Sir Thyagaraja Sadasiva Iyer was an Indian judge and theosophist who served as the Chief Justice of Travancore from 1905 to 1910. He was also the first President of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department,Madras Presidency.