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B. Chandrakala

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|birth_name = Bhukhya Chandarakala Niru
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|09|27}}
|birth_place = [[Karimnagar]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
|other_names = Lady Dabang
|education = [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]] (in Geography) <br> [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] (in Economics)
|alma_mater = [[University College for Women, Koti|Koti Women's College]]<br>[[Osmania University]]
|occupation = Bureaucrat
|years_active = 2008–present
|employer = [[Government of India]]
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'''Bhukhya Chandarakala Niru''' (born 27 September 1979), also known as '''B. Chandrakala''', is a Indian government official [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]]. She is known for taking action against her subordinates, mostly due to her widely circulated videos in which she went on surprise inspections, pulling up civic officials over lack of quality in building material or poor sanitation.<ref>{{cite news |title=An IAS officer known for corruption crackdown in UP now in focus for all the wrong reasons |url=https://theprint.in/best-of-theprint-icymi/an-ias-officer-known-for-corruption-crackdown-in-up-now-in-focus-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/176460/ |work=ThePrint |date=12 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="a">{{cite news |title=B Chandrakala: How a ‘dabangg’ IAS officer landed into illegal mining quagmire |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/b-chandrakala-how-a-dabangg-ias-officer-landed-into-illegal-mining-quagmire/story-rOv0goylrWJCKoC4vt9m8N.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=9 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Qureshi |first1=Siraj |title=B Chandrakala, accused in illegal mining case, was Lady Dabangg of Mathura |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/b-chandrakala-illegal-mining-case-mathura-dm-1425484-2019-01-07 |work=[[India Today]] |date=7 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=By Harish Tiwari |first1=Harish |title='Absconding' Chandrakala busy penning verses for social media |url=https://www.mynation.com/india-news/yeddyurappa-shames-bjp-party-would-win-22-lok-sabha-seats-air-strikes-pnmeyu |work=My Nation |date=9 February 2019}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
B Chandarakala was born on 27 September 1979 in [[Karimnagar]], [[Telangana]], India to parent B. Kishan, a retired senior-technician at [[Fertilizer Corporation of India]], and his wife B. Lakshmi, an entrepreneur. She is the third daughter of four siblings, having two older brothers, B. Raghuveer, B. Mahaveer, and a younger sister, B. Meena, a beautician. She completed her schooling at Central School and continued her education till marriage. She graduated with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] Degree in [[Geography]] from the [[Osmania University]], [[Hyderabad]] and also obtained a [[Postgraduate]] degree in [[Economics]] from this university.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Tridev Kumar |title=IAS B. Chandrakala/ बी. चंद्रकला एक बार फिर सुर्खियों में; जानिए यूपी कैडर की इस महिला IAS के बारे में जरूरी बातें |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/breaking-news/news/who-is-b-chandrakala-ias-officer-ex-dm-bulandhahr-cbi-seized-accounts-akhilesh-yadav-role-6004695.html |work=Dainik Bhaskar |date=5 January 2019 |language=hi}}</ref>

==Career==
B Chandarakala is serving as an IAS officer from the year 2008. She implemented all the government schemes like social welfare, tree plantation, animal husbandry, environment and panchayat related welfare schemes. She has been transferred to various places even though, her hard work and ability established her success in new dimensions at every place. She worked as an SDM and CDO in Allahabad from the year 2009 to 2012. She is an internet phenomenon and a very active member of social networking. During an inspection of road construction work, she scolded the authorities for their negligences in the public place. The video of her shouting at the officials and contractors, for inferior workmanship in UP about the damage in newly laid roads, has gone viral and her thought mirrored the voice of millions of people across India.<ref>{{cite news |title=IAS officer B Chandrakala, a rage on social media for her videos, raided in UP mining scam |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ias-officer-b-chandrakala-a-rage-on-social-media-for-her-videos-raided-in-up-mining-scam/story-aEYW2klb6OCUNE6esNQEZI.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=5 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2012, she was appointed as the District magistrate of [[Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh|Hamirpur]] and transferred to [[Mathura]] on 8 June 2014. Therefore, she became the 2nd female District magistrate of [[Mathura]].<ref name="a"/> In 2015, she was appointed as the District magistrate of [[Bulandshahr]], and transferred to [[Bijnor]] as a District magistrate. While serving as the District magistrate of [[Bijnor]], she was criticized for the reopening of a slaughter house in [[Sahaspur]], Bijnor. On 15 September 2016, she was appointed as the District Magistrate of [[Meerut]].

After this incident, She also worked as District magistrate for the public welfare and being picked up by the NDA government as director of Swachch Bharat Mission under the [[Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=मर्दों को भेजकर मां-बहन की फोटो ख‍िचवाऊं?...पढ़ें इस IAS के चर्च‍ित बयान |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-LUCK-ias-b-chandrakala-famous-statements-news-hindi-5564016-PHO.html |work=Dainik Bhaskar |date=1 April 2017 |language=hi}}</ref> She has instructed her officers to settle all the grievances immediately. Under Swachh Bharat Mission, she has constructed nearly 20 thousand toilets in 242 villages. Considering her good work, she was transferred under the Swatch Bharat Mission to the [[Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation]] on the post of Deputy Secretary.<ref name="a"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Illegal sand mining case: IAS officer B Chandrakala skips summons but submits documents to Enforcement Directorate |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/illegal-sand-mining-case-ias-officer-b-chandrakala-skips-summons-but-submits-documents-to-enforcement-directorate-5953381.html |work=[[Firstpost]] |date=24 January 2019}}</ref>

In January 2019, she came under the CBI scanner for allegedly bypassing rules while granting sand mining licences during her tenure as District Magistrate of Hamirpur during the [[Samajwadi Party]] government in 2012.<ref name="a"/>

==Legal cases and investigations==
{{Main|Uttar Pradesh sand mining scandal}}
On 9 September 2016, Allahabad High Court ordered a CBI enquiry against the [[illegal mining]] across Uttar Pradesh, then Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister [[Akhilesh Yadav]] removed mines minister [[Gayatri Prasad Prajapati]] for his alleged collaboration with the mining mafia. Before that from 2012 to June 2013, Yadav himself was the incharge of mining UP state mining ministry before Prajapati was made the mining minister. House and offices of Samajwadi Party MLC [[Ramesh Mishra]], [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] politician [[Satyadev Dikshit]] and 2008 batch IAS officer B Chandrakala were raided, incriminating evidence including documents, INR 2 crore cash and jewellery were seized from 14 locations in 7 cities.<ref name=SPscam3>[https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-up-mining-scam-cbi-may-probe-akhilesh-yadav-2704669 UP mining scam: CBI may probe Akhilesh Yadav], DNA India, 7 Jan 2019.</ref> B Chandrakala is accused of bypassing the rules to illegally allocate the mines. Prajapati was earlier arrested in 2017 in an unrelated [[Gayatri Prasad Prajapati#Rape allegations|rape case]].<ref name=SPscam3/>

==Personal life==
B Chandarakala married A Rumulu, an executive engineer who works in [[Sriram Sagar Project|Ramsagar Project]]. The couple has a daughter named Kirti Meena.{{fact|date=February 2020}}

==References==
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K. H. Muniyappa

2021-05-18T12:43:54Z

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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = K.H. Muniyappa
| image =Shri K.H. Muniappa takes over the charge of Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways in New Delhi on May 24, 2004.jpg
| caption = K.H. Muniappa takes over the charge of Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways in New Delhi on May 24, 2004
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1948|3|7|df=y}}
| birth_place =Kammadhalli shidlaghatta, [[Karnataka]]
| residence =[[Bangalore]]
| office = Union Minister of State(Independent charge), [[Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises|Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises]]
| predecessor = [[Vayalar Ravi]]
| successor = [[Kalraj Mishra]]
| primeminister = Dr [[Manmohan Singh]]
| term_start = 28 October 2012
| term_end =26 May 2014
| office2 = [[Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament<br>Lok Sabha]]
| term_start2 = 1991
| term_end2 = 2019
| constituency2 = [[Kolar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kolar]]
| party =[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| spouse = M. Nagarathnamma
| children = 1 son and 4 daughters
| awards =[[Doctorate]]
| website =
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| date = 25 September |
| year = 2006 |
| source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=261
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'''Kambadahalli Hanumappa Muniyappa''' (born 7 March 1948) is an Indian politician who was the [[Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises|Minister of State for Independent charge of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises of India]] and a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha representing [[Kolar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kolar Lok Sabha constituency]] of [[Karnataka]] from 1991 to 2019. He is a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) political party.

==Political career==
He belongs to [[Madiga]] ([[Sakkiliar]]) community.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Malagi|first=Shivakumar G.|date=2018-04-08|title=The Madiga split caught between a seer and a minister|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/080418/the-madiga-split-caught-between-a-seer-and-a-minister.html|access-date=2020-06-08|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref>

Muniyappa has represented Kolar seven times consecutively: ([[10th Lok Sabha]], [[11th Lok Sabha]], [[12th Lok Sabha]], [[13th Lok Sabha]], [[14th Lok Sabha]], [[15th Lok Sabha]] and [[16th Lok Sabha]]). He lost the 2019 elections to a largely unknown face [[S. Muniswamy]] by more than one lakh votes.<ref> https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/congs-kolar-fortress-falls-muniyappa-bites-dust-735720.html </ref> Muniyappa blamed his own partymen for his defeat. He said his party's legislators worked against him, resulting in his defeat.<ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/karnataka/karnataka-cong-mlas-worked-against-me-should-be-expelled-kh-muniyappa/story-MZFODFt3ViXeYSsj6tzUlJ.html </ref>

Muniyappa was the [[Union Minister]] of state for Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ministers of State (as on 15.11.2010)|url=http://cabsec.nic.in/council_ministers_of_state.php|publisher=Government of India|access-date=11 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213034603/http://cabsec.nic.in/council_ministers_of_state.php|archive-date=13 February 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was administered the oath of office along with 59 other ministers on 28 May 2009 by [[President of India]] [[Pratibha Patil]].

==Degrees and posts held==

1969 onwards Vice-Convenor, Congress (I) Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) Cell, District. Kolar, Karnataka.

1978-83 Vice-President, Taluk Development Board, Sidlaghatta, District. Kolar, Karnataka.

1991 Elected to 10th Lok Sabha

Member, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.) (I), Legal Cell, Karnataka

Member, Executive Committee, P.C.C. (I) SC and ST Cell, Karnataka

Vice-President, Taluk Congress (I) Committee, Sidlaghatta, District. Kolar, Karnataka

Member, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.) (I), Dist. Kolar, Karnataka

Member, Food and Civil Supplies (Eradication of Adulteration Committee), District. Kolar, Karnataka

1994 Joint Secretary, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)

1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (2nd term)

1996-97 Member, Committee on Industry

Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Welfare

1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (3rd term)

1998-99 Member, Committee on Industry

Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Special Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel and Mines

1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (4th term)

1999-2000 Member, Committee on Industry

2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha(5th term)

23 May 2004 onwards Union Minister of State, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways

2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (6th term)

2009 - 28 Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State, Railways

28 Oct. 2012 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (7th term)

==Awards==
;[[Honorary Doctorate]]
* [[Honorary Doctorate]] - 32nd Annual Convocation of ''[[Gulbarga University]]'' (2014)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190605050454/http://www.khmuniyappa.org/ Official Website: Shri K.H. Muniyappa], www.khmuniyappa.org

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Mafuja Khatun

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| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Kumarganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kumarganj]]
| term_start = 2001
| term_end = 2011
| predecessor = Dwijendra Nath Roy
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| birth_place = [[Dakshin Dinajpur district|Fulbari]], West Bengal, India
| residence = [[Berhampore]]
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| office1 = Minority Morcha Vice-president of [[West Bengal]] [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| term_start1 = 2017
| term_end1 = 2019
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| office2 = Vice-president of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal|BJP West Bengal]] unit of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
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'''Mafuja Khatun''' is an Indian politician who is the current Vice-president of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal|Bharatiya Janata Party of West Bengal]] since from 2019.

Khatun is the first Muslim woman fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party for [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Choudhury |first1=Shubhadeep |title=BJP's first-ever Muslim woman candidate says Muslims want Modi |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/bjp-s-first-ever-muslim-woman-candidate-says-muslims-want-modi-761702 |accessdate=4 August 2020 |work=[[The Tribune (India)]] |date=21 April 2019}}</ref>

==Career==
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and 2001<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> state assembly elections, Mafuza Khatun won the Kumarganj assembly seat from [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] by defeating her nearest rivals Ahmad Ali Sardar and Nani Gopal Roy, both of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] respectively.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, she was the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Snigdhendu |title=BJP names first Muslim candidate in Bengal; she will take on Pranab's son |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjp-names-first-muslim-candidate-in-bengal-she-will-take-on-pranab-s-son/story-2dgYh88pxsLOCgHdROF9DO.html |accessdate=4 August 2020 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=23 March 2019}}</ref> nominated candidate for [[Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jangipur]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Abantika |title=Mafuja Khatun: BJP's Muslim pick gears up to take on Pranab Mukherjee's son, outsider tag |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/mafuja-khatun-bjps-muslim-pick-gears-up-to-take-on-pranab-mukherjees-son-outsider-tag-west-bangal-lok-sabha-elections-5683326/ |accessdate=4 August 2020 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=April 19, 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.bjpbengal.org BJP WEST BENGAL]
*[https://www.facebook.com/MafujaKhatunBJP Facebook]
*[https://www.twitter.com/MafujaKhatunBJP Twitter]

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K. Seshadri Iyer

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| term_end1 = 18 March 1901
| predecessor1 = [[C. V. Rungacharlu]]
| successor1 = [[T. R. A. Thumboo Chetty]]
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| profession = Civil servant, administrator
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'''Kumarapuram Seshadri Iyer''' (or '''Aiyar''') {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCSI}} (1 June 1845 – 13 September 1901), was an Indian advocate who served as the [[Dewan]] of [[Mysore]] from 1883 to 1901. He was the second Dewan of Mysore state since the reinstatement of the Wodeyar family on its throne in 1881 and was the longest serving Dewan of the princely state as well. He is regarded by most as the '''Maker of Modern Bangalore'''.

Seshadri Iyer was born in a family from [[Palakkad|Palghat]] in the Malabar district of [[Madras Presidency]] which is in modern day Kerala. He had his early education in [[Kozhikode|Calicut]] and graduated in arts from [[Presidency College, Chennai]], in 1868. He was also a qualified lawyer.

Seshadri Iyer joined the services of the Mysore kingdom in 1868 and served as a district magistrate and later as Personal Secretary to the Diwan, Rungacharlu before being appointed Diwan himself. Seshadri Iyer was the longest serving Diwan of Mysore kingdom and served from 1883 to 1901.

Started the Mysore Civil Service Examinations were held for the first time in 1891 and the Department of [[Geology]] and the Department of Agriculture were founded in 1894 and 1898. Other notable achievements include the construction of the Vanivilas Sagar dam across [[Vedavati]] river, the initiation of the [[Shivanasamudra]] [[hydroelectric]] project in 1899 (the first such major attempt in India), electricity and drinking water (the latter through pipes) being supplied to Bangalore and the founding of the Archaeological Survey of Mysore (1890) and the Oriental Manuscripts Library.

Seshadri Iyer established the [[Kolar gold fields]] and [[Victoria Hospital (Bangalore Medical College)|Victoria Hospital]] and commissioned the Shivanasamudra hydel-electric power project. Seshadri Iyer had to deal with a devastating plague which afflicted Bangalore in 1898 and was responsible for the decongestion of streets and reconstructing the city in the aftermath of the plague.

== Early life ==

Seshadri Iyer was born on 1 June 1845 to Ananthanarayanan Iyer and his second wife Venkatalakshamma at Kumarapuram near [[Palakkad|Palghat]]. His great-grandfather Gowri Seshan Pattu had migrated to Kumarapuram from [[Ganapathi Agraharam]] in [[Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)|Tanjore district]] at the turn of the 19th century.

Ananthanarayanan Iyer was employed as a ''vakil'' (lawyer) in [[Kozhikode|Calicut]]. Apart from Seshadri Iyer, he also had a son, Venkatasubba Iyer, from his first wife. Venkatasubba Iyer was also employed as a lawyer in Calicut. On Ananthakrishna Iyer's death in 1846, Venkatalakshamma and the infant Seshadri were cared for by the 20-year-old Venkatasubba Iyer.

Seshadri Iyer was educated in private until his eleventh year when he was admitted to the Free Church Mission School in Cochin. Seshadri had his higher education at the Calicut Provincial School and the Trivandrum High School from where he matriculated in first class in 1863 winning the Connoly Scholarship. Seshadri was admitted to the Presidency College, [[Chennai|Madras]] where he was mentored by [[E. B. Powell]]. Seshadri graduated in 1866 emerging first in the B. A. examinations.

== Service in the Mysore Kingdom ==

In 1868, Seshadri Iyer was appointed Judicial Secretary in the Ashtagram division of the Mysore kingdom. He later served as Head Sheristadar of the Court of the Judicial Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner of Mysore, Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate of Tumkur and District and Sessions Judge of Ashtagram division.

He obtained his B. L. degree from the University of Madras in 1874. From 1881 to 1883, he served as an officer on special duty in Mysore. In 1883, when Rangacharlu's period of service came to an end, Seshadri Iyer was appointed Diwan of Mysore.

== As Dewan ==

Seshadri Iyer succeeded Rangacharlu as Dewan of Mysore in the year 1883 and administered Mysore for a span of eighteen years. He remains the longest serving Diwan of the princely state. He worked to improve the transport, irrigation and mining sectors in the kingdom. Seshadri Iyer extended the railway lines in the kingdom by {{convert|270|km|mi}}The Kolar gold fields of Karnataka were established during his tenure. He constructed the famous Glass House at Lalbagh in 1889 and the Victoria Hospital at Bangalore in the year 1900.

=== Sir Sheshadri Hydel Station ===

Seshadri Iyer was responsible for initiating the first hydro-electric project in [[Asia]], at [[Shivanasamudra]], which began generating power in 1902 for the Kolar gold fields, and in 1905 for [[Bangalore]]. The gold fields were 147 km away, making the transmission line the longest in the world at the time. Later on, when construction of the [[Mettur]] dam in [[Tamil Nadu]] began in the 1930s, power was supplied from Shivanasamudra. The Sir Sheshadri Hydel Station was granted the status of a National Heritage Centre in May 2006.

=== The Maker of Modern Bangalore ===
[[File:K.Sheshadri Iyer Statue, Cubbon Park, Bangalore.JPG|thumb|Statue of Sir K.Seshadri Iyer at [[Cubbon Park]], [[Bangalore]]]]
In 1898, a [[Bubonic plague|plague]] devastated Bangalore city and wiped out a large proportion of its population. The remaining population moved into camps set up on open farmland in the countryside until the plague abated. The highly congested old city area, consisting of tiny houses built along very narrow and irregular lanes, was where most Indians lived, and this area was badly hit by the plague. The Mysore government, in consultation with the British Raj, decided to depopulate and demolish this area to prevent recurrence of plague and other infectious diseases which were common in those days. Iyer's administration developed the extensions of [[Basavanagudi]] and [[Malleswaram]] from 1898 onwards in order to house the displaced population. Housing plots were allotted and other help extended to the displaced families to enable them to build airy new houses. Not only did the extensions alleviate the congestion of the city, but also, many new industrial units came to be established in the vicinity, and people got more employment opportunities. Hotels and eateries made their first appearance. Meanwhile, the old city was demolished and developed anew. Streets were decongested, roads were widened and straightened; sanitation was improved. In 1894, Seshadri Iyer started the Chamarajendra Water Works to supply water to the city from Hesaraghatta Lake, which at that time eas 18 km outside the city.

During the plague, Iyer also observed the need for a large and well-equipped hospital which would provide treatment in the European style of medicine. The [[Victoria Hospital (Bangalore Medical College)|Victoria Hospital]] was begun by him in 1900. Previously, he had commissioned the glass house in [[Lal Bagh]] in 1889.

The private residence of Seshadri Iyer, Kumara Krupa, is now the State Guest House. The city remembers him through the names of [[Seshadripuram]] (a city extension created in 1892), Sheshadri Road, Sheshadri Memorial Library, and a statue in [[Cubbon Park]].

== Family ==

Seshadri Iyer married Dharmasamvardhini in 1865. The couple had four sons (K. S. Doreswamy Iyer, K. S. Krishna Iyer, K. S. Viswanatha Iyer and K. S. Ramaswami Iyer) and two daughters. Dharmasamvardhini died shortly before Seshadri's own death on 13 September 1901.

Doreswamy Iyer served as Revenue Commissioner in the Mysore Civil Service. He was Private-Secretary to Seshadri Iyer from 1881 to 1891. In 1912, he was appointed Additional member of the [[Mysore Legislative Council]]. K. S. Krishna Iyer also served in the Mysore State Service rising to the post of Deputy Commissioner.

== References ==
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* {{cite book|title=Dewan Seshadri Iyer|first=N. S.|last=Chandrasekhara|year=1981|publisher=Publications Division, Government of India}}
* {{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/ABriefSketchOfTheLifeOfRajaDharmaPravinaT.R.A.ThumbooChetty|title=A Brief Sketch of the Life of T. R. A. Thumboo Chetty, C.I.E, Formerly Chief Judge and Officiating Dewan of Mysore.|last=Royaloo Chetty|first=T.|publisher=Hoe & Co.Madras|year=1909}}

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