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Mandayam Osuri Parthasarathi Iyengar, M.A., M.L. (1857–1926) was an Indian

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and

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who retired to private practice in 1913, from the role of District and Sessions Judge of

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in the

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, having served prior as Chief Judge and Third Judge of the

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, and as a judge of the Madras City Civil Court. He was born in 1857, and after graduating with a

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in 1879 apprenticed with

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, before enrolling as a

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of the

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. He subsequently graduated to the rank of Advocate, and was recognized as one of the leaders of the

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, along with

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, V. Krishnaswamy Iyer, P. R. Sundaram Iyer, Sir V. C. Desikachariar, and Sir C. Sankaran Nair, immediately behind

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and Sir S. Subramania Iyer, from 1891, prior to embarking on his judicial career in 1896. He was a member of the Madras Law College Council, and reportedly led the Triplicane Clique. He was uncle to M. O. P. Iyengar and M. O. T. Iyengar.

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