Chetput Ramaswami Pattabhirama Iyer (c.1857 - September 29, 1902), surname alternately spelt Aiyar, originally surnamed Dikshitar, was an Indian lawyer and jurist, noted for having led the Tanjore Bar and served as the Tanjore

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, before relocating to the city of Madras, whereupon he ultimately became a

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of the

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, central member of the

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, and a leader of the Madras bar, along with M. O. Parthasarathy Iyengar, V. Krishnaswamy Iyer, P. R. Sundaram Iyer, Sir V. C. Desikachariar, and Sir C. Sankaran Nair, immediately behind Sir V. Bhashyam Aiyangar and Sir S. Subramania Iyer, from 1891. He was appointed to the Madras City Civil Court as a judge in 1899, serving also on the Court of Small Causes, preparatory for higher judicial office, but died three years later, at the age of 45. He fostered his only son, Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer, in the family of

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, betrothing him to C. V. Sundara Sastri's daughter Seethamma, and apprenticing him to Sundara Sastri's son Sir C. V. Kumaraswami Sastri, thus completing a merger of two powerful

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dynasties.

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{{Reflist 1857 births 1902 deaths Indian lawyers Indian jurists Mylapore clique