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• SIR

SIR T See also:

• RAO, SIR DINKAR (1819–1896)
• SIR T RAO

RAO  . MADHAVA (1828–1891), See also:

• INDIAN

Indian statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• COMBACONUM

Combaconum in See also:

• MADRAS

Madras in 1828 . Madhava See also:

• RAO, SIR DINKAR (1819–1896)
• RAO, SIR T

Rao created a new type of See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister adapted to the See also:

• MODERN

modern requirements of a progressive native See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, and he grafted it upon the old stock . He linked the past with the See also:

• PRESENT

present, using the advantages of See also:

• HEREDITY

heredity, tradition and conservatism to effect reforms in the public See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration and in Indian society . Sprung from a Mahratta Brahmin stock See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long settled at See also:

• TANJORE

Tanjore, the son of a See also:

• DEWAN

dewan of See also:

• TRAVANCORE

Travancore, he was educated in the strictest tenets of his sacred See also:

• CASTE (through the Fr. from Span. and Port. casta, lineage, Lat. cast us, pure)

caste . But he readily imbibed the new spirit of the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . To See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics, See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy he added a study of See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, and a See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for See also:

• ART

art II and pictures . Although a devout student of the Shastras, he advocated See also:

• FEMALE

female See also:

• EDUCATION

education and social reform . Refusing to See also:

• CROSS

cross the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea and so break caste by appearing before a See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission, he yet preached religious See also:

• TOLERATION (from Lat. tolerare, to endure)

toleration . A See also:

• PATRON

patron of the Indian See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress, he borrowed from the armoury of See also:

• BRITISH

British administration every reform which he introduced into the native states . He was respected alike by Europeans and natives, and received titles and honours from the British See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . As See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor of the maharaja of Travancore, and then as See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue officer in that state, he showed firmness and ability, and became diwan or See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime minister in 1857 .

He found the finances disorganized, and See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade cramped by mono-polies and oppressive duties . He co-operated with the Madras government in carrying out reforms, and when his See also:

• MEASURES

measures led to misunderstandings with the maharaja, he preferred See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

honourable resignation to retention of a lucrative See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in which he was powerless for See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good . In 1872 he was engaged at See also:

• INDORE

Indore in laying down a See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of reform and of public See also:

• WORKS

works which he bequeathed to his successor, when a See also:

• GRAVE

grave crisis at See also:

• BARODA

Baroda demanded his talents there . The See also:

• GAEKWAR, or GUICOWAR

Gaekwar had been deposed for scandalous See also:

• MISRULE, LORD OF

misrule, and an entire reorganization was needed . Aided by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip 1\/Ielvill, Madhava Rao swept away the corrupt officials, privileged sirdars and grasping contractors who had long ruined Baroda . He wrote able minutes defending the rights and privileges of the Gaekwar from fancied encroachment, and justifying the See also:

• INTERNAL

internal reforms which he introduced . He resigned office in 1882, and in his retirement devoted his leisure to See also:

• READING

reading and See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing upon See also:

• POLITICAL

political and social questions . He died on the 4th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1891 .