R. Ramachandra Rao
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Diwan Bahadur Raghunatha Rao Ramachandra Rao (c. 1871-July 1936) was an Indian civil servant, mathematician and social and political activist who served as District Collector
in British India.
and served till 1907. He served as Registrar of Cooperative Societies from 1907 to 1910. From 1910 to 1914, Rao served as District Collector of Nellore and in the Indian Public Services Commission from January 4 to 20, 1914. Rao retired as District Collector of Madras in 1926.
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Ramachandra Rao suffered a paralytic stroke in 1930. Following the stroke, Ramachandra Rao was confined to his bed. He died in July 1936 at the age of 65.
when he was jobless and got him a clerk's job at the Madras Port Trust.
District collector
The District Collector is the district head of administration of the bureaucracy in a state of India. Though he/she is appointed and is under general supervision of the state government, he/she has to be a member of the elite IAS recruited by the Central Government...
in British India.
Early life and education
Ramachandra Rao was born in an aristocratic Thanjavur Marathi family in 1871. He had his schooling in Trivandrum and graduated from the Presidency College, Madras.Career
Rao entered the Indian Civil Service in 1890 at the age of nineteen. He served as Assistant COllector and Magistrate from 1890 to 1891 and as an official in the Revenu Department from 1891 to 1892. Rao became Deputy Collector in 1892 and Sub Collector in 1898. In 1901, Rao was appointed District Collector of KurnoolKurnool
Kurnool is located at . It has an average elevation of 273 metres .Kurnool lies on the banks of the Tungabhadra River. The Handry and Neeva rivers also flow through the city. The K.C...
and served till 1907. He served as Registrar of Cooperative Societies from 1907 to 1910. From 1910 to 1914, Rao served as District Collector of Nellore and in the Indian Public Services Commission from January 4 to 20, 1914. Rao retired as District Collector of Madras in 1926.
Later years and death
After his retirement, Rao devoted his time to social and political activities. He organised an All India Exhibition in Madras during the 1927 Indian National Congress session. Rao alsways wore Swadeshi clothes and was a close associate of C. RajagopalachariC. Rajagopalachari
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari , informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian lawyer, independence activist, politician, writer and statesman. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India...
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Ramachandra Rao suffered a paralytic stroke in 1930. Following the stroke, Ramachandra Rao was confined to his bed. He died in July 1936 at the age of 65.
Other interests
Ramachandra Rao was a keen mathematician and astronomer and served as President of the Indian Mathematical Society. He assisted Indian mathematician Srinivasa RamanujanSrinivasa Ramanujan
Srīnivāsa Aiyangār Rāmānujan FRS, better known as Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan was a Indian mathematician and autodidact who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions...
when he was jobless and got him a clerk's job at the Madras Port Trust.