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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Ramiyengar    
First Name(s)  Vembaukum    
Birth Year  1826    
Death Year  1887    
Entry  Youngest son of the Record Keeper of the Revenue Board Office in Fort St. George during the last years of Sir Thomas Munro : was one of the first students to enter the High School in Madras established by Lord Elphinstone in 1841 : there acquired a taste for physical science, and astronomy in particular : his first appointment in the Government service was that of Mahratta Translator in the Board of Revenue : afterwards he served in the Nellore and Tanjore Districts, and in 1859 was appointed an Assistant to the Inam Commissioner. He was highly regarded by Sir Charles Trevelyan, then Governor of Madras. After again serving in Tanjore, Salem, and Trichinopoly, he was, in 1867, appointed Superintendent of Stamps in Madras : C.S.I. , 1871 : in 1875, became Inspr-General of Registration, and was a member of various Commissions on public matters: retired, 1880, from the Government service, and became Diwan to his old friend the Maharaja of Travancore : remained there for seven years, introducing many useful reforms : retired, 1887, from Travancore, intending to settle down in Madras, but died almost immediately afterwards.     
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