Justice T. Paramasiva Iyer (1863–1943) was an Indian

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scholar, writer and a District and Sessions Judge of Bangalore during the period of Maharaja Chamarajendra Wadiyar X and later went on to become the Chief Justice of the

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High Court. He was the father of reputed Kannada poet T.P. Kailasam. He had expert knowledge in various physical sciences viz. Geology, Mining,

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, Agriculture,

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. He was well versed in classical Greek and

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literature and made comparative studies in

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. He was a student of Lord

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Books

* The Riks or Primeval Gleams of Light And Life

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iyer, T. Paramasiva Scholars from Bangalore Indian Vedic scholars Judges of the Karnataka High Court 20th-century Indian judges 1863 births 1943 deaths 19th-century Indian judges