The Diwan of Travancore was the head of government of Travancore, a princely state in South India. Appointed by the Maharaja of Travancore, the office of Diwan existed from 1729 to 1948, when it gave way to the office of Prime Minister of Travancore.
List of Diwans
- Arumukan Pillai (1729–1736)
- Thanu Pillai (1736–1737)
- Ramayyan Dalawa (1737–1756)
- Martandan bagavathi Pillai (1756–1763)
- Subbayyan Dalawa (1763–1768)
- Krishna Gopalayyan Iyyer (1768–1776)
- Vadiswaran Subbrahmanya Iyer (1776–1780)
- Mullen Chempakaraman Pillai (1780–1782)
- Nagercoil Ramayyan (1782–1788)
- Krishnan Thampi (1788–1789)
- Raja Kesavadas, also known as Kesava Pillai (1789–1798)
- Odiery Jayanthan Sankaran Nampoothiri (1798–1799)
- Velu Thampi Dalawa (1799–1809)
- Oommini Thampi (1809–1811)
- Col. John Munro (1811–1814)
- Devan Padmanabhan Menon (1814–1814)
- Bappu Rao (acting; 1814–1815)
- Sanku Annavi Pillai (1815–1815)
- Raman Menon (1815–1817)
- Reddy Row (1817–1821)
- T. Venkata Rao (1821–1830)
- Thanjavur Subha Rao (1830–1837)
- Ranga Rao (acting; 1837–1838)
- T. Venkata Rao (second time; 1838–1839)
- Thanjavur Subha Rao (second time; 1839–1842)
- Krishna Rao (acting; 1842–1843)
- Reddy Row (second time; 1843–1845)
- Srinivasa Rao (acting; 1845–1846)
- Vemuri Krishna Rao (1846–1857)
| Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Term[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Madhava Rao |  |
1858 | 1872 | 1 |
| A. Seshayya Sastri |  |
1872 | 1877 | 1 |
| Nanoo Pillai |  |
1877 | 1880 | 1 |
| V. Ramiengar |  |
1880 | 1887 | 1 |
| T. Rama Rao |  |
1887 | 1892 | 1 |
| S. Shungrasoobyer | 1892 | 1898 | 1 | |
| K. Krishnaswamy Rao |  |
15 April 1898 | 13 March 1904 | 1 |
| V. P. Madhava Rao |  |
14 March 1904 | 26 March 1906 | 1 |
| S. Gopalachari | |
16 August 1906 | 26 October 1907 | 1 |
| P. Rajagopalachari | 26 October 1907 | 11 May 1914 | 1 | |
| M. Krishnan Nair | |
11 May 1914 | 7 July 1920 | 1 |
| T. Raghavaiah | |
8 July 1920 | 18 May 1925 | 1 |
| M. E. Watts | |
1925 | 1929 | 1 |
| V. S. Subramanya Iyer | |
1929 | 1932 | 1 |
| Thomas Austin | |
1932 | 1934 | 1 |
| Muhammad Habibullah |  |
1934 | 1936 | 1 |
| C. P. Ramaswami Iyer |  |
1936 | 1947 | 1 |
| P. G. N. Unnithan | 1947 | 1948 | 1 | |
See also
References
- Travancore, Princely States of India, WorldStatesmen.org
- Specific
- ↑ The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
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