The Diwan or Dewan of Travancore was the head of government of Travancore in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, serving at the pleasure of the Maharaja, corresponding to a prime minister, and consisting in the formal titles Valiya Sarvadhikaryakar and Dalawa until the insurrection of Velu Thampi Dalawa and administrative reforms of John Munro. Post-Munro, the title of Dalawa, which remained formally the highest ranking established office, though administratively impotent, was revived as a sinecure to sideline Raman Menon and remove him from the Diwanship. The office of Diwan existed until 1948, when it gave way to the office of Prime Minister of Travancore.
List of Diwans edit
- Arumukan Pillai (1729–1736)
- Nanu Pillai (1736–1737)
- Ramayyan Dalawa (1737–1756)
- Martandan bagavathi Pillai (1756–1763)
- Subbayyan Dalawa (1763–1768)
- Krishna Gopalayyan Iyyer (1768–1776)
- Vadiswaran Subbrahmanya Iyer (1776–1780)
- Mullen Chempakaraman Pillai (1780–1782)
- Nagercoil Ramayyan (1782–1788)
- Krishnan Thampi (1788–1789)
- Raja Kesavadas, also known as Kesava Pillai (1789–1798)
- Odiery Jayanthan Sankaran Nampoothiri (1798–1799)
- Velu Thampi Dalawa (1799–1809)
- Oommini Thampi (1809–1811)
- Col. John Munro (1811–1814)
- Devan Padmanabhan Menon (1814–1814)
- Bappu Rao (acting; 1814–1815)
- Sanku Annavi Pillai (1815–1815)
- Raman Menon (1815–1817)
- Reddy Row (1817–1821)
- T. Venkata Rao (1821–1830)
- Thanjavur Subha Rao (1830–1837)
- Ranga Rao (acting; 1837–1838)
- T. Venkata Rao (second time; 1838–1839)
- Thanjavur Subha Rao (second time; 1839–1842)
- Krishna Rao (acting; 1842–1843)
- Reddy Row (second time; 1843–1845)
- Srinivasa Rao (acting; 1845–1846)
- Vemuri Krishna Rao (1846–1857)
| Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Term[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Madhava Rao | 
|
1858 | 1872 | 1 |
| A. Seshayya Sastri | 
|
1872 | 1877 | 1 |
| Nanoo Pillai | 
|
1877 | 1880 | 1 |
| V. Ramiengar | 
|
1880 | 1887 | 1 |
| T. Rama Rao | 
|
1887 | 1892 | 1 |
| S. Shungrasoobyer | 1892 | 1898 | 1 | |
| K. Krishnaswamy Rao | 
|
15 April 1898 | 13 March 1904 | 1 |
| V. P. Madhava Rao | 
|
14 March 1904 | 26 March 1906 | 1 |
| S. Gopalachari |
|
16 August 1906 | 26 October 1907 | 1 |
| P. Rajagopalachari | 26 October 1907 | 11 May 1914 | 1 | |
| M. Krishnan Nair |
|
11 May 1914 | 7 July 1920 | 1 |
| T. Raghavaiah |
|
8 July 1920 | 18 May 1925 | 1 |
| M. E. Watts |
|
1925 | 1929 | 1 |
| V. S. Subramanya Iyer |
|
1929 | 1932 | 1 |
| Thomas Austin |
|
1932 | 1934 | 1 |
| Muhammad Habibullah | 
|
1934 | 1936 | 1 |
| C. P. Ramaswami Iyer | 
|
1936 | 1947 | 1 |
| P. G. N. Unnithan | 1947 | 1948 | 1 |
See also edit
References edit
- Travancore, Princely States of India, WorldStatesmen.org
- Specific
- ^ The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period