Diwan Bahadur Dewan Bahadur or Diwan Bahadur was a title of honour awarded during British rule in India. It was awarded to individuals who had performed faithful service or acts of public welfare to the nation. From 1911 the title was accompanied by a special ...

Chinna Seevaram Ratnasabhapathy Mudaliar was an Indian industrialist and politician who served as a member of the

Madras Legislative Council Tamil Nadu Legislative Council was the upper house of the former bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It began its existence as Madras Legislative Council, the first provincial legislature for Madras Presidency. It was initia ...

from 1926 to 1936. His family hails from Seevaram village near

Cheyyar Cheyyar, officially Tiruvetipuram is a Town in the Tiruvannamalai District in the Tamil Nadu state of South India. The most common name of this town is Cheyyar but it is also referred to as Tiruvetipuram in many government records. The town has ...

of North Arcot district.

Personal life

Ratnasabhapathy Mudaliar was born on 9 March 1886, into a wealthy family in business in Coimbatore.

Career

He was educated at Coimbatore and served as a member of the Coimbatore Municipal Council from 1906 to 1926 serving as its Chairman from 1921 to 1936. Ratnasabhapathy Mudaliar was an active Indian independence activist and collected funds for V. O. Chidambaram Pillai's

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Awards and titles

He was awarded the

Dewan Bahadur Dewan Bahadur or Diwan Bahadur was a title of honour awarded during British rule in India. It was awarded to individuals who had performed faithful service or acts of public welfare to the nation. From 1911 the title was accompanied by a special ...

title, in honour of his contributions to the city and the country. He was also appointed an Officer of the

Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

Legacy

A key area in Coimbatore city R.S. Puram is named after him for his contributions to the city. A street in also named after him as DB road (Dewan Bahadur).

References

Sources

* Members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council People from Coimbatore Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu Dewan Bahadurs 1886 births 1956 deaths Indian Officers of the Order of the British Empire {{TamilNadu-politician-stub