Diwan Bahadur Dewan Bahadur or Diwan Bahadur was a title of honour awarded during British rule in India. It was awarded to individuals who had performed faithful service or acts of public welfare to the nation. From 1911 the title was accompanied by a special T ...

Sir Calamur Viravalli Kumaraswami Sastri (19 July 1870 – 24 April 1934) was an Indian lawyer and Sanskrit scholar who served as a

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of the

Madras High Court The Madras High Court is a High Court in India. It has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is located in Chennai, and is the third oldest high court of India after the Calcutta High C ...

. Eminent lawyer and statesman C. P. Ramaswami Iyer was his brother-in-law.

Early life

Kumaraswami Sastri was born in

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in 1870, the eldest son of C. V. Sundara Sastri. Kumaraswami Sastri was the grandson of

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, polyglot and one of the first Indians to serve in the Madras Legislative Council. He had three brothers and a sister, Seethammal, who married Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer. Kumaraswami Sastri graduated from the Presidency College and Law College, Madras, where he won the Elphinstone Thompson and Morehead Law scholarships. He also won the Innes Medal.

Career

Sastri started his career as a lawyer of the Madras High Court in 1894. After serving as a lawyer, Sastri eventually became Judge of the Madras Small Causes Court. He was awarded the "Diwan Bahadur" title while serving as the District Judge of Berhampur in 1911. In 1914, Sastri was appointed judge of the Madras High Court. He was a member of the infamous Sedition Committee also known as Rowlatt committee under Justice Rowlatt, which resulted in the infamous Rowlatt Act. He was knighted in the

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Death

Sastri died in Madras in 1934, aged 63.

Notes

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