Sir Vembakkam Comanduru Desikachariar (31 December 1861 – 14 November 1919) was an Indian lawyer, politician and Indian independence activist who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council from 1904 to 1908. Desikachariar also participated in the 1898 Madras session of the Indian National Congress and introduced resolutions. He was the elder son of V. Rajagopalacharlu, brother to V. C. Seshachariar, the nephew of

V. Sadagopacharlu Vembaukum Sadagopacharlu (died 1863) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council from 1861 to 1863. He was the first native Indian to serve as a member of the council. Early life Sadagopacharlu h ...

, and the father of V. C. Gopalratnam, and a member of the

Vembaukum family The Vembaukum or Vembakkam family were one of the two preeminent Brahmin dynasties in the Madras Presidency, dominating the Mylapore clique alongside the Calamur clan, and 'possess(ing) an enormous presence in the... bureaucracy of the capital a ...

. According to Gopalratnam, he was from 1891 a leader of the Madras bar, alongside C. R. Pattabhirama Iyer, M. O. Parthasarathy Iyengar, V. Krishnaswamy Iyer,

P. R. Sundaram Iyer Puthucode Rama Sundaram Iyer (also spelt Sundara Aiyar) (1862–1913) was an Indian lawyer who served as one of the first Indian judges of the Madras High Court. He founded the ''Madras Law Journal'' along with V. Krishnaswamy Iyer. He is the ...

, and

Sir C. Sankaran Nair Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair, CIE (11 July 1857 – 24 April 1934) was a lawyer who also served as a President of the Indian National Congress in 1897 at the meeting held at Amravati. He wrote ''Gandhi and Anarchy'' (1922). Early life and educa ...

, immediately behind Sir V. Bhashyam Aiyangar and

Sir S. Subramania Iyer Sir Subbier Subramania Iyer ( ta, சுப்பையர் சுப்பிரமணிய ஐயர்; 1 October 1842 – 5 December 1924) was an Indian lawyer, jurist and freedom fighter who, along with Annie Besant, founded the Home ...

. He apprenticed alongside his brother and S. Srinivasa Iyengar with relative Sir V. Bhashyam Aiyangar, who was father-in-law to the third of them. He was knighted in 1906.

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* Indian Knights Bachelor 1861 births 1919 deaths People from the Madras Presidency Lawyers from British India {{India-law-bio-stub