Diwan Bahadur Sir Subbarayalu Kumaraswami Reddiar (23 April 1876 - after 1937) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as a minister in Madras Presidency.
Early life
Kumaraswami Reddiar was born in
Tinnevely
Tirunelveli (, ta, திருநெல்வேலி, translit=Tirunelveli) also known as Nellai ( ta, நெல்லை, translit=Nellai) and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the Indian state of Tami ...
on 23 April 1876. He was educated at the Hindu College, Tinnevely and graduated from
Presidency College, Madras
Presidency College is an art, commerce, and science college in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. On 16 October 1840, this school was established as the Madras Preparatory School before being repurposed as a high school, and then a gra ...
. He studied law at
Madras Law College
Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, commonly known by its former name Madras Law College, is a law school, located in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India. It is also referred to as Government Law College or GLC, Chennai. It was established in ...
and practised law. He served as Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor of Tinnevely till September 1926 before joining the Justice Party in the late 1920s.
Politics
Kumaraswami Reddiar was elected to the
Madras Legislative Council
Tamil Nadu Legislative Council was the upper house of the former bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It began its existence as Madras Legislative Council, the first provincial legislature for Madras Presidency. It was initia ...
on a Justice Party ticket in 1930.
Kumaraswami Reddiar resigned his ministry post due to ill-health in 1936 and he was replaced with Muthiah Chettiar in a move to wipe out differences in the party.
[ Encyclopaedia of Political Parties, Pg 198] The resignation of P.T.Rajan and him lead to the step-down of B. Munuswamy Naidu from the position of Chief Minister and his subsequent succession by his rival Ramakrishna Ranga Rao, who was favoured by zamindars such as Muthiah Chettiar.
He was knighted in the 1937 Coronation Honours list.
London Gazette, 11 May 1937
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