Sir Vembakkam Comanduru Desikachariar (31 December 1861 – 14 November 1919) was an Indian lawyer, politician and Indian independence activist 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 1904 to 1908. Desikachariar also participated in the 1898 Madras session of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

and introduced resolutions. He was the elder son of

V. Rajagopalacharlu V. Rajagopalacharlu (1830–1868) was an Indian lawyer, jurist, and Hindu religious reformer, who was one of the first Indians in the colonial epoch to achieve wealth and renown in the courts of British India, accomplishing both alongside his bro ...

, brother to V. C. Seshachariar, the nephew of V. Sadagopacharlu, and the father of V. C. Gopalratnam, and a member of the

Vembaukum family The Vembaukum or Vembakkam family were one of the two preeminent Brahmin dynasties in the Madras Presidency, dominating the Mylapore clique alongside the Calamur clan, and 'possess(ing) an enormous presence in the... bureaucracy of the capital and ...

. According to Gopalratnam, he was from 1891 a leader of the Madras bar, alongside

C. R. Pattabhirama Iyer 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 public prosecutor, ...

, M. O. Parthasarathy Iyengar, V. Krishnaswamy Iyer, P. R. Sundaram Iyer, and Sir C. Sankaran Nair, immediately behind Sir V. Bhashyam Aiyangar and Sir S. Subramania Iyer. He apprenticed alongside his brother and

S. Srinivasa Iyengar Seshadri Srinivasa Iyengar CIE (11 September 1874 – 19 May 1941), also seen as Sreenivasa Iyengar and Srinivasa Ayyangar, was an Indian lawyer, freedom-fighter and politician from the Indian National Congress. Iyengar was the Advocate-Gener ...

with relative Sir V. Bhashyam Aiyangar, who was father-in-law to the third of them. He was knighted in 1906.

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* Indian Knights Bachelor 1861 births 1919 deaths People from the Madras Presidency Lawyers from British India {{India-law-bio-stub