T. R. Venkatarama Sastri
Thiruvalangadu Raju Venkatarama Sastri | |
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Advocate-General of Madras Presidency | |
In office 1924–1928 | |
Preceded by | C. Madhavan Nair |
Succeeded by | Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 February 1874 Attorney-General , statesman |
Thiruvalangadu Raju Venkatarama Sastri CIE (6 February 1874 – 2 July 1953) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the Advocate-General for Madras Presidency from 1924 to 1928. He was also known as T.R.V.Sastri.[1]
Early life
Venkatarama Sastri was born on 6 February 1874 in
Career
On completion of his studies, Sastri enrolled as a
Venkatarama Sastri was also the President of the National Liberal Federation of India which in 1945 suggested the formation of a central government represented by all major political parties of India with provisions for minority representation.[6]
T.R. Venkatarama Sastri also drafted the RSS constitution, helped lift the ban on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and facilitated the release of M.S.Golwalker.[7][8] He was a RSS sympathiser and a personal friend of Golwalkar.[9]
Life
After his tenure as the Advocate-General of Madras Presidency, he served as the Law Member in the Government of Madras,[1] having been promoted to that position by George Goschen who did not want to offend Brahmins by excluding them from the cabinet.[10] Additionally, Sastri also served as a Member of the Hindu Law Committee, Government of India.[11]
In his long and illustrious career, Venkatarama Sastri served as a member of several committees, such as the Bajpai Commission on Ceylon Refugees, and B.N.Rau Committee on Hindu Code Reform.[12]
Venkatarama Shastri made his home in the Edward Eliots Road, Chennai where he stayed until his demise. A robbery at his home was once reported to the police of which E. N. Purushothaman reminisces in his book "The Police I Served":
"..She told me of another of one of the great Advocates of Madras, Sri T.R.Venkatrama Sastry, in the Edward Eliots Road. Among the valuables stolen from this house, there was a silver idol of Vigneswara which was presented by the
Paramacharya of Kanchi Kamakoti.[13]
Death and legacy
Venkatarama Sastri died on 2 July 1953.
"The court has lost a legal luminary and I’ve lost a good friend."
He had a namesake R K Venkatarama Shastri (1907-1993) who was an ace violinist, and the main accompanist for M S Subbulakshmi during the 1950s.
Notes
- ^ a b Jagdish Saran Sharma (1981). Encyclopaedia Indica, Volume 2, p.1104.
- ^ The Indian Review, Volume 70. G. A. Natesan. 1974. p. 41.
- ^ a b The Journal of Oriental research, Madras, Volume 22. Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute. 1952.
- ^ a b Eminent lawyer's demise, The Hindu, Jul 03, 2003.
- ISBN 978-81-87614-05-0.
- ^ "A Central Govt of Major Parties". Indian Express. 13 November 1945.
- ^ S Gurumurthy (16 October 2013). Lifting of ban on RSS was unconditional, The Hindu.
- ^ Vidya Subrahmaniam (17 October 2013). Written constitution was indeed a pre-condition, The Hindu.
- ^ Dwarka Prasad Mishra (1978). Living an era, Volume 2, p.65
- ISBN 0883869586. Quote from p.109: ""Goschen had considered appointing a non-Brahmin to what had so far been a Brahmin preserve. He had, however, decided it would be foolish to exclude the Brahmins by excluding them from the Cabinet, and he promoted the Advocate-General, T.R. Venkatarama Sastri to the post,..."
- ^ Madras State Bar Federation, (1957). Lawyer, Volume 1, p.61.
- ^ Jagdish Saran Sharma (1981). Encyclopaedia Indica, Volume 2, p.1104.
- ^ E. N. Purushothaman (1989). The Police I Served, p.88-89. Andhra Pradesh Police Academy
References
- "Easy to become judge, not Advocate-General". News Today. 28 November 2009.
- "T. R. Venkatarama Sastri".