SIR SHESHADRI

See also:

• SIR SHESHADRI AIYAR (1845-1901)
• AIYAR, SIR TIRUVARUR MUTUSWAMY (1832-1895)

AIYAR (1845-1901)  , native statesman of Mysore, India, was the son of a Brahman of Palghat in the district of Malabar . He was educated at the provincial school at Calicut and the presidency college in Madras, and entered the government service as a translator . In 1868 he was transferred to Mysore under Runga Charlu; and for thirteen years filled various offices in that state; but when Mysore was restored to native rule in 1881, he became personal assistant to Runga Charlu, whom he succeeded as diwan in 1885 . For the next seventeen years he laboured assiduously to promote the economic and industrial development of the state, and proved an able assistant to the Maharaja Chamarajendra . By means of railway, irrigation and mining works, he added greatly to the wealth of the state, and put it on a sound financial footing . He retired in 19oo, was made K.C.S.I. in 1893 and died on the 13th of September 1901 .