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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.

Subba Rao.

Address: Rajahmundry, Madras Presidency. Club: Cosmopolitan, Madras.

Subbaraya Charya, Srimushnam Vyakarna; Mahamahopadhyaya (1911); Pandit of Tirupati; claims descent from one Arya Charlu, a pandit of considerable Sanskrit learning in the Madras Presidency; b. 1837; educ: under many eminent Pandits in Sanskrit Literature; State Pandit of Tanjore, and Examiner in the Conference of Pandits held at Tanjore, Chirutanur, Mysore, and various other parts of the Presidency; a recognised authority on Sanskrit and Scholastic matters. Publications: Many works bearing on the Dwaita Philosophy. Address: Tirupati, N. Arcot, Madras Presidency.

Subramanyam Pantulu Varanasi, Diwan Bahadur, 1913; District and Sessions Judge, Cuddapah, since 1911; b. I860; joined service as District Munsiff, 1886; Sub-Judge, 1905; District and Sessions Judge, 1911; served in that capacity in Vizagapatam and Cuddapah; appointed Judge, Court of Small Causes, Madras, 1909; Co-opted Member of the Royal Commission on Public Services, 1914. Address; Cuddapah, Madras Presidency.

Subramania Sastri, Mahamahopadhyaya, 1898; Pandit of Benares; b. 1841; a Dravidian Brahmin whose ancestors formerly belonged to Trichinopoly, Madras Presidency; educ: Privately; was for some time teacher to the Maharaja Bahadur of Durbhanga. Address: Benares City.

Subbarayalu Reddiyar, A.; Hon’ble Rao Bahadur (1911); Pleader and Public Prosecutor, Cuddalore; Member, Legislative Council, Madras, since 1913; b. 1855; Chairman, Municipal Council, Cuddalore; Address; Cuddalore, South Arcot District, Madras Presidency.

Subramania Ayyer, Ganapathi, B.A., Proprietor and Editor, The Swadesamitran, Madras; 4th s. of late Ganapathi Dikshitar; b. at Tiruvadi, Tanjore District, 1885; educ: St. Peter’s College, Tanjore; joined the Government Normal School, Madras, 1874; Teacher, C.S.M. College, Madras, 1875; Teacher, Pachaiappas High School, 1877; B.A., as a private candidate, 1877; Headmaster, Anglo Vernacular High School (Now Hindu High School), Triplicane, 1879-82; started the Hindu as a weekly paper along with the late Mr. M. Viraraghava Chariar, 1878; went on a lecturing tour in the Madras Presidency for the purpose of popularising the principles of local self-Government; was a Madras Member of the deputation to bid farewell to Lord Ripon, 1884; one of the founders of the 1st and practically the only political association of Southern India, The Madras Mahajana Sabha; was entrusted with the task of moving the 1st Resolution at the 1st Indian National Congress, 1885; gave evidence before the Public Services Commission, 1886; strongly supported the Government in the Age of Consent Legislation, 1890; one of the founders of the Madras Hindu Social Reform Association, 1882; proceeded to England to give evidence on

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