Therazhundur Venkataraman Mahalingam (c. 1907 - 6 March 1983) was an Indian historian who is known for publishing the most authoritative descriptive catalogues on the
Mackenzie manuscripts.
Early life
Mahalingam was born in
Therazhundur
Therizhandur is a village in the Kuthalam of Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu, India.
Kambar Medu the birthplace of Tamil poet Kambar is here.
Etymology
Therezhandur means thear+ ezhandur.
Adjacent communities
It was covered, in north ...
in
Tanjore district
Thanjavur District is one of the Districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts of the States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur. The district is located in the delta of the Cauvery River ...
in 1907. Following his graduation, Mahalingam worked as a lecturer in the Madurai College and later at the
H. H. The Rajah's College in
Pudukkottai
Pudukkottai is the administrative headquarters of Pudukkottai District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a large city located on the banks of the Vellar River. It has been ruled, at different times, by the mutharaiyar dynasty , Cholas, ...
. In 1947, Mahalingam joined the faculty of the Department of Ancient History and Archeology, as the Professor of Ancient History and Archeology at the
University of Madras
The University of Madras (informally known as Madras University) is a public state university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and among the most prestigious universities in India, incorporated by an a ...
.
As University of Madras faculty
Mahalingam worked as a history professor under the leadership of
K. K. Pillay
Kolappa Kanakasabhapathy Pillay (3 April 1905 – 26 September 1981) was an Indian historian who headed the Department of Indian history at the University of Madras from 1954 to 1966. He also served as a President of the Indian History Congress a ...
till 1959. When the Department of Indian history and archaeology was split into two new departments - Department of Indian History and Department of Ancient History and Archaeology in 1959, Pillay remained head of the Indian history department while Mahalingam was promoted to head the newly created Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, a post which he held to retirement in 1971.
Death
Mahalingam died on 6 March 1983 at the age of 75.
Honours
Mahalingam was awarded the
Padma Shri
Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...
by the
Government of India
The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...
in 1969.
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1900s births
1983 deaths
20th-century Indian historians
Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering
Academic staff of the University of Madras