Diwan Bahadur Kanchipuram Thiruvenkata Mudaliar (born 1901 or 1902) was an Indian botanist and civil servant who served as Chief Commissioner of Coorg Province from 1949 to 1950. He was the second Indian to hold the post after Ketoli Chengappa and the last before Coorg was inducted as a Part-C state of the Indian Union.

Diwan Bahadur
Kanchipuram Thiruvenkata Mudaliar
Chief Commissioner of Coorg Province
In office
March 1949 – 1950
Preceded byKetoli Chengappa
Succeeded byDaya Singh Bedi
Personal details
Born1901 or 1902
Kanchipuram,
Madras Presidency,
British India
SpouseYeshodha
Alma materUniversity of Madras
Professionbotanist, civil servant

Personal life

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Mudaliar was born to C. Ramanuja Mudaliar in the town of Conjeevaram (now Kanchipuram) in about 1901 or 1902. He married Tilakavathi daughter of Judge C. Jambulinga mudaliar. The couple had two sons, C. T. Gopalakrishnan and C. T. Radhakrishnan and a daughter, Rama Bai Jagadesan.

Later he married Radha Bai (off sister of Tilakavathi) and the couple had a daughter Devi Choudrani Varadarajan

As Chief Commissioner of Coorg

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Mudaliar became Chief Commissioner of Coorg in March 1949. During his tenure, Mudaliar inaugurated Coorg's first arts and science college at Mercara.

References

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  • "Commissioner Of Gift-Tax vs C. Thiruvenkata Mudaliar on 13 July, 1976". Indian Kanoon.