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pictures. Despite his devotion to his own traditions, he advocated female education and social reform. Year after year his work was commended by the Madras
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High Court and
Alexander Rogers, a noted civil servant. According to Henry Tucker, the Calcutta must force “the Maharaja to give his subjects a written Constitution”. While Alexander Rogers said that “he had been shown the draft of a Constitution drawn up by an eminent Native Statesman (Sir Madhav Rao) of great experience” which he believed will work in India if some changes are made according to the Indian context.
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to look into the matter. The commission then recommended to the anguish of
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who replied with a letter of acknowledgement and appreciation. In 1889, he published a pamphlet titled "Hints on the training of native children by a native Thinker" which was translated into various Indian languages as Gujarati, Marathi and Malayalam. He also composed a few small poems in Tamil.
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and agriculture. He was also responsible for clearing Travancore's public debts. Madhava Rao quit as Diwan of Travancore and returned to Madras in 1872. He served as Diwan of Indore from 1873 to 1875 and as Diwan of Baroda from 1875 to 1882. In his later life, Madhava Rao actively participated in
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in March 1872, about the need for the implementation of a written constitution in princely states requesting “a system of fundamental principles, derived from the advanced political wisdom of Europe” while “carefully adapted to the conditions of the Native society” for the princely states.
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and adding the subsidy to be paid to the British Government, the state of affairs was bad enough to deter anyone from taking up the post of Dewan. Soon after Madhava Rao's appointment, the Shanar agitations took place in Travancore which added to the problems of the state.
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who sympathise most with Native States, and who have seen how they are administered, are conscious of the great risk to which their stability is subjected by idle or headstrong rulers seeking to set aside all law, and to act on the impulse of the
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were cancelled and their lands were annexed by the state. During his tenure as Diwan-Regent, Madhava Rao also effectively re-organized the army, schools, courts of law and libraries. He also introduced a lot of town-planning measures.
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his palace. His tax collectors or vahivatadars were also given free hand to extort as much money from the ryots or tenants. He also implemented an exploitive and arbitrary system of nazranas or tributes on people.
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Pathways to Nationalism: Social Transformation and Nationalist Consciousness in Colonial Tamil Nadu, 1858–1918 By S. Ganeshram, SOCIAL REFORMS - Movements Against Child Marriage
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chose Madhava Rao to negotiate a deal with the British government which he did successfully. As a result, Madhava Rao was appointed the next Diwan of Travancore in 1857.
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Raman Nair, R and Sulochana Devi, L (2010). Chattampi Swami: An Intellectual Biography. Trivandrum,. Chattampi Swami Archive, Centre for South Indian Studies, Trivandrum
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family. His great-grandfather Gopal Pant and his grandfather, Gundo Pant, held offices of trust and power under the British as also various Indian princes. His father
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wrong to introduce that system into India at once, mereley because the Congress asks for it. It is absolutely necessary to take measures gradually, and tentatively
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the people as lots of young people left farming and decided to get modern education. He also reduced the rate of export and import duties to relieve the trade.
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or Prime Minister after consultation with British Resident. Thus, no bad law can issue unless the Sovereign, the Dewan, the British Resident, and the
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will be only a consultative body, and nothing framed by it can pass into law unless assented to by the Sovereign on the recommendation of the
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the dress code to adopted by Hindu women in public. He forwarded his article on the German occupation of Africa to the German chancellor
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proved successful in civil administration in general. T. Madhava Rao married Yamuna Bai. The couple had five children, three sons,
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591:at the Trivandrum secretariat.
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1545:Dictionary of Indian Biography
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1073:, Hardpress Publishing, 2012,
710:This requires no explanation.
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611:Tanjore Madhava Rao (C.1880)
340:Sir Madhava Rao Thanjavurkar
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1814:Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma
1659:. Springer. pp. 66–70.
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286:T. Ranga Rao
244:4 April 1891
205:Succeeded by
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2240:1891 deaths
2215:1828 births
2195:WikiProject
2002:M. E. Watts
1957:T. Rama Rao
1932:Krishna Rao
1896:Raman Menon
1214:Travancore.
1193:University.
1003:T. Rama Rao
516:(from left)
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350:statesman,
198:Krishna Rao
193:Preceded by
136:Preceded by
86:Preceded by
2209:Categories
2137:G. V. Raja
2060:Trivandrum
1085:References
983:Rao family
933:Later life
854:Lord Ripon
694:Provisions
572:Travancore
543:Trivandrum
465:Travancore
391:Kumbakonam
360:Travancore
316:Profession
308:Occupation
297:Alma mater
264:Yamuna Bai
231:Kumbakonam
25:Rajah, Sir
2185:Templates
2069:Landmarks
2037:Divisions
1912:Reddy Row
1770:Maharajas
1474:24 August
1023:Title of
346:, was an
168:In office
120:1873–1875
116:In office
66:In office
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2045:Northern
1101:Lal 2015
966:Bismarck
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527:Maharaja
525:and the
419:Mylapore
288:(father)
269:Children
247:Mylapore
177:Monarchs
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568:Madras
430:Turgot
395:Madras
368:Baroda
364:Indore
348:Indian
319:lawyer
279:Parent
261:Spouse
251:Madras
1682:–113.
1032:Books
1025:Rajah
768:Dewan
748:down.
461:Dewan
356:Diwan
1629:ISBN
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1476:2017
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