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INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915. . 2nd class Magistrate. Address: Mysore, India.  Krishnaswami Aiyar, P. S., Diwan Bahadur (1894); b. 18951865? [sic]; descendant of a brahmin family who have furnished a long list of subordinate officials in the Tanjore District. educ: Government College, Kumbakonam; entered the service of Pudukkotah State, 1878; rose to the position of Joint Magistrate and Deputy Diwan, Peshkar; conducted the enfranchisement of the Inams in the State; his chief distinction lay in the methods he adopted for bringing to justice those concerned in the famous train dacoity case of 1893; retired, 1902. Address: Kodimangalam, Tanjore, Southern India.  Krishnaswami Iyengar, A., I.S.O., 1912; retired Deputy Commissioner, Salt and Abkari Deparment, Madras; joined service as an Accountant, P.W. Examiner’s Office, Madras, 1876; became Deputy Collector, 1891; Assistant Commissioner of Salt, etc., 1892; retired, 1912. Address: Mylapore, Madras, India.  Krishnaswami Iyengar, N., B.A, B.L , Rao Bahadur. (1909); Ex member, Madras Legislative Council; connected with various Associations of the District and is a prominent citizen of Kumbakonam; b. 1863; educ: Government College, Kumbakonam, and the Madras Presidency College; passed B.A., 1882; B.L., 1885; apprenticed to the late Sir V. Bhashyam Aiyangar; appointed District MunsiftMunsiff [sic] of Kumbakonam which he subsequently gave up. Address: Kumbakonam, Madras Presidency, India.  Krishnaswami Rao, Conjeevaram, B.A., B.L., Rao Bahadur, (1911); 3rd Judge, Court of Small Causes; Madras, b. 1867; educ: Government High School and the Presidency College, Madras; passed B.A., 1886; B.L., 1888; enrolled as Vakil of the High Court, 1889; commenced practice in Madras; joined service as acting District MunsiftMunsiff [sic], 1894; confirmed, 1895; became Subordinate Judge, 1907; gave evidence before the Royal Public Services Commission in their sitting at Madras, 1912; appointed 3rd Judge, Court of Small Causes. Madras, 1914. Address: Triplicane, Madras, India.  Krishnaswami Rao, Kanchi, Dewan Bahadur, (1895), C.I.E., (1898), Dewan of Travancore (retired); belongs to a respectable Madhwa Desastha brahmin family; s. of late Mr. Kanchi Venkat Rao; b. 1845; educ: Madras Government High School (now the Madras Presidency College); joined Government service as Record-keeper, Collector’s office, Nellore, 1864; became Huzur Sheristadar; transferred to Judicial department as District MunsiftMunsiff [sic], 1870; became Sub-Judge, 1878; services lent to H.H. the Maharaja of Travancore; was Judge of the High Court of that State: became Chief Justice, 1884; became Dewan of the State, 1898; retired, 1904; was a member of the Travancore Legislative Council for 15 years, and was its President for 6 years; is now one of the leading citizens of Madras, and is prominently associated with all public movements; President, Madras National Fund and Industrial Association; President, Triplicane Hindu High School Committee; President, Madhwa Sidhanta Onnahini 238