Vembaukum Sadagopacharlu (died 1863) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as a member of 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 init ...

from 1861 to 1863. He was the first native Indian to serve as a member of the council.

Early life

Sadagopacharlu hailed from the village of Vembakkam near Kanchipuram. He matriculated from the

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 ...

in 1858 and studied law. Soon, he enrolled himself as a lawyer, and along with his brother V. Rajagopacharlu emerged as one of the first and foremost Indians in the bar making up a fortune in a short time.

Politics

Sadagopacharlu was nominated to the Madras Legislative Council in 1861 and served until his death in 1863. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty was appointed to fill the seat left by his death.

References

* * 1863 deaths 19th-century Indian lawyers Year of birth missing Members of the Madras Legislative Council People from Kanchipuram district {{TamilNadu-politician-stub