The Vembaukum or Vembakkam family were one of the two preeminent Brahmin dynasties in the

Madras Presidency The Madras Presidency, or the Presidency of Fort St. George, also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. At its greatest extent, the presidency included most of southern India, including the ...

, dominating the Mylapore clique alongside the Calamur clan, and 'possess(ing) an enormous presence in the... bureaucracy of the capital and its surrounding district(s)', whose historical presence began in the 1820s, with the sprawling clan famously having begun holding yearly family conferences by the 1890s to preserve their dynastic unity, political cohesion and influence, and wealth. Populated by numerous elite lawyers and administrators, the Vembaukum were originally Vadakalai Iyengars from

Vembakkam Vembakkam is a town panchayat situated in the Tiruvannamalai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located about from the town of Kanchipuram. It contains a BDO office for many villages around it. Other places with the same name O ...

in the Chingleput District of the Madras Presidency (in contrast to the Calamurs, who were

Vadama Vadama meaning "Northerners" are a sub-sect of the Iyer community of Tamil Brahmins. While some believe that their name is an indication of the fact that they were the most recent Brahmin migrants to the Tamil country others interpret the usag ...

Iyers from North Arcot). The ''Law Weekly'', a legal journal, has been edited and published by the family for over a century.

Members

V. Ramiengar Vembaukum Ramiengar CSI (c. 1826 – 10 May 1887) was an Indian civil servant and administrator who served as the Diwan of Travancore from 1880 to 1887. Ramiengar was born in 1826 at Vembakkam in Chingleput district and had his education at M ...

, Diwan of Travancore *

V. Bhashyam Aiyangar Diwan Bahadur Sir Vembakkam Bhashyam Aiyangar (January 1844 – 18 November 1908) was an eminent lawyer and jurist who served as the first Indian Advocate-General of Madras Province and also as a Judge of the Madras High Court. Posts h ...

, Advocate-General, Justice of the High Court * C. R. Thiruvenkatachari, Justice of the High Court * C. V. Rungacharlu , Diwan of Mysore * S. Srinivasa Iyengar , Advocate-General, Law Member of the Executive Council * V. C. Desikachariar, member of the Legislative Council of Madras *

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 ...

, first Indian member of the Legislative Council of Madras * V. Rajagopalacharlu *

V. C. Gopalratnam 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 part ...

* Ambujammal * '' S. Varadachariar''

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{{Reflist Dynasties of India Mylapore clique Tamil families