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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Ramachendra.

as Vakil, 1894; commenced practice at Ellore; was Chairman, Municipal Council, Ellore; Member, Madras Legislative Council representing the Godavari, Kistna and Guntur groups. Address: Ellore, Godavari District, Madras Presidency, India.

Ramachendra Rao, Pingale, B.A., Chief Interpreter, High Court, Madras; s. of late P. Raghava Rao; b. at Trivallur, Chingleput District, 1856; educ: Free Church Mission Branch School, Trivallur; Government High School, Saidapet, Hindu Proprietory School, and the Christian College, Madras; passed B.A., 1877; joined service in Government Agent’s Office, Chepauk, Madras, ISSO; Translator, Appellate Side, Madras High Court, 1880; Interpreter, Presidency Magistrates’ Court, Madras, 1881-2; Deputy Interpreter, Original Side, Madras High Court, 1882-7; Chief Interpreter, High Court, since 1887; President, Egmore Literary Union; Member of the Committee of S.P.C.A., Madras; Editor, S.P.C.A. Journal. Publication: “Tit-Bits of Animal Life” in Telugu and Tamil. Address: 12, High Road, Egmore, Madras, India.

Ramachendra Rao, Raghunatha Rao, B.A., Diwan Bahadur (1910); Collector and Magistrate, Nellore; b. 1871; joined service as Assistant Collector and Magistrate, 1890; attached to Revenue Settlement, No. III Party, 1891; included in the Provincial Service, 1891; Deputy Collector, 1892; Sub-Collector, 1898; Collector, 1901; Registrar of Co-operative Credit Societies, 1907; Collector and Magistrate, Nellore, 1910; co-opted Member of the Royal Public Services Commission, 4th to 20th January 1914. Address: Nellore, Madras Presidency, India.

Ramakrishna Pillai, Thottakadu, B. A., Rao Sahib (1912), retired Sub-Assistant Registrar, High Court, Madras; b. 1854; educ: in Conjeevaram; proceeded to Madras and prosecuted his studies; passed B.A., 1876; was Librarian, Madras Literary Society, 1880; joined service in the Madras High Court; rose to the position of Sub-Assistant Registrar, and retired; has had extensive foreign travelling; Honorary Fellow, Madras University. Publications: Tales of Ind; Life in an Indian Village; and “Padmini”, an Indian Romance. Address: “Thottakadu House”, Poonamally Road, Egmore, Madras, India.

Ramakrishna Rao, B., Mysore: belongs to a respectable brahmin family; b. 1855; entered Mysore service as Palace Controller, 1898; has been holding the appointment ever since. Address: Mysore, India.

Ramalinga Reddy, C., M.A., Professor of History and Economics, Maharaja’s College, Mysore; s. of Mr. C. Subramania Reddy; adopted by his uncle Mr. Ramaswami Reddy; b. at Kattamanchi, a village in the district of Chittoor, 1880; educ: Board High School, Chittoor, and the Christian College, Madras; passed B.A. in the 1st class (History Branch), 1901; passed B.A., in the 1st class (Philosophy Branch), 1902; won medals for Political Economy and Philosophy; proceeded to England and joined the St. John’s College, Cambridge, on a scholarship of £200 per annum from the

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