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 hailed from the village of

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 ...

near

Kanchipuram Kanchipuram ('; ) also known as ''Conjeevaram,'' is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu in the Tondaimandalam region, from Chennaithe capital of Tamil Nadu. Known as the ''City of Thousand Temples'', Kanchipuram is known for its temple ...

. He matriculated from the Presidency College, Madras 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 Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty CSI (1806–1868) was an Indian merchant and political activist who founded the Madras Native Association, one of the earliest Indian political associations, and the first Indian-owned newspaper in Madras, ''The Cresce ...

was appointed to fill the seat left by his death.

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