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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography M to R

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Date transcribed	2011-08-00
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Mudaliar
	First Name(s)	Ramasawmy
	Birth Year	1852
	Death Year	1892
	Entry	Son of a landowner in the Salem district (Madras) : educated at the Madras High School and Pachaiyappa's, afterwards at the newly formed Presidency College : B.A. in 1871, M.A. in 1873, and B.L. in 1875 : became a Vakil of the High Court in 1876, and practised at Salem : became a District Munsif, but resigned in 1882, and practised in the High Court : editor of the Law Journal, which he established : Examiner for the B.L. and M.L. degrees, and a Fellow of the Madras University : visited England as delegate for the redressof the, people's grievances in 1885 : a prominent member of the National Congress and a member of the Public Service Commission in 1886.

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