The Vembaukum or Vembakkam family were one of the two preeminent

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dynasties in the

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, dominating the

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alongside the Calamur clan, and 'possess(ing) an enormous presence in the... bureaucracy of the capital and its surrounding district(s)', whose historical presence began in the 1820s, with the sprawling clan famously having begun holding yearly family conferences by the 1890s to preserve their dynastic unity, political cohesion and influence, and wealth. Populated by numerous elite lawyers and administrators, the Vembaukum were originally

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s from Vembakkam in the Chingleput District of the Madras Presidency (in contrast to the Calamurs, who were

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s from

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). The ''Law Weekly'', a legal journal, has been edited and published by the family for over a century.

Members

* V. Ramiengar , Diwan of Travancore * V. Bhashyam Aiyangar , Advocate-General, Justice of the High Court * C. R. Thiruvenkatachari, Justice of the High Court * C. V. Rungacharlu ,

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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 ...

, Advocate-General, Law Member of the Executive Council * V. C. Desikachariar, member of the Legislative Council of Madras * V. Sadagopacharlu, first Indian member of the Legislative Council of Madras * V. Rajagopalacharlu * V. C. Gopalratnam * Ambujammal * '' S. Varadachariar''

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{{Reflist Dynasties of India Mylapore clique Tamil families