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 ...

Jannyavula Venkatanarayana Rao Naidu CIE (1870–1955) was an Indian civil servant, writer and politician who served as Commissioner of Madras city from 1925 to 1928.

Career

Naidu joined the civil service after obtaining a degree in law and served as District Collector, magistrate and Inspector-General of Registration for the Madras Presidency before being appointed Commissioner of Chief Executive Officer of Madras. Venkatanarayana Naidu also served as Secretary to the Law Department of the Government of Madras from 1928 to 1930.

Honours

Venkatanarayana Naidu was made a Rao Sahib in 1920 and Diwan Bahadur in 1923. Upon retirement in 1930, Naidu was made a

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. He also published many works on Indian philosophy. Venkatanarayana Road, a popular thoroughfare in T. Nagar,

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, is named in his memory.

Personal life

Naidu's son J. V. P. Rao was an automobile pioneer who served as General Manager of Addison's from 1949 to 1977. He was instrumental in bringing out the ''Morris Minor'', the first car assembled in Madras, on 15 November 1950.

Works

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