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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  Rao    
First Name(s)  Tandalam Gopal    
Birth Year  1832    
Death Year  1886    
Entry  A Mahratta Brahman of Tanjore District : received a good education from his father in Mahratti and Sanskrit, but in English was self-taught. After serving in the Tanjore District, he became, in 1854, First Assistant in the Provincial School at Kombakonam : B.A. at Madras in 1859. The rest of his life was spent in the Education Department, and for the greater portion of it he was connected with the Kombakonam College under Mr. Porter : chiefly in the teaching of mathematics and English. In 1870-2 he acted as Inspector of Schools : was Fellow of the Madras University. From 1872 to 1874 he was in sole charge of Kombakonam College. In 1878 he was Professor of History and Political Economy in the Presidency College, and was made Rai Bahadur. In 1883 he had a severe illness, never really recovering, though he continued his work as Professor for two years : died May 11, 1886.     
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