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from 15 July 1896 to 2 October 1901. He was the elder brother of Indian journalist,

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Early life

Srinivasa Raghavaiyengar was born on 18 July 1849 in Gangadharapuram,

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. His ancestors had served as high-ranking officials in the courts of

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and

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. He had his education in Madras and graduated in arts. He served as the Inspector General of Registration in the

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during the 1880s and 1890s.

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''Magnum opus''

In July 1890, Srinivasa Raghavaiyangar was commissioned by the then

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to examine "whether the economic condition of the Madras Presidency has on the whole improved or deteriorated during the last 40 or 50 years of British Administration and of writing a Memorandum on the subject". This project was planned in order to refute claims of exploitation made by Indian nationalists. Srinivasa Raghavaiyangar made a detailed study of the economic condition of the people and in 1893, published his report ''Memorandum of Progress of the Madras Presidency during the last forty years of British administration'' considered by many to be his ''

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''.

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