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Indian politician

India PoliticiansLived 1879 to 1966 · aged 86

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Dewan Bahadur Sir Chetput Pattabhiraman Ramaswami Iyer, popularly known as Sir C.

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Sir Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer with Directors of Travancore National and quilon bank which includes Iyer Matthen (MD), K. C. Mammen Mappillai, M. O. Thomas Vakkel Modisseril(Director) and Barrister VT Thomas.

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Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire

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About this person

Dewan Bahadur Sir Chetput Pattabhiraman Ramaswami Iyer, popularly known as Sir C. P., was an Indian lawyer, administrator and politician who served as the Advocate-General of Madras Presidency from 1920 to 1923, Law member of the Executive council of the Governor of Madras from 1923 to 1928, Law member of the Executive Council of the Viceroy of India from 1931 to 1936 and the Diwan of Travancore from 1936 to 1947. Ramaswami Iyer was born in 1879 in Madras city and studied at Wesley College High School and Presidency College, Madras before qualifying as a lawyer from the Madras Law College. He practised as a lawyer in Madras and succeeded S. Srinivasa Iyengar as the Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency. He subsequently served as the Law member of the Governor of Madras and of the Viceroy of India before being appointed Diwan of Travancore in 1936.

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India