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|name = Panchanada Sabanayagam<br />
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|office3 = Chief Secretary of the Government of Tamil Nadu<br />
|term_start3 = 1971<br />
|term_end3 = 1976<br />
|1namedata = [[M. Karunanidhi]]<br />
|1blankname = Chief Minister<br />
|governor = [[Sardar Ujjal Singh]]<br>[[Kodardas Kalidas Shah]]<br />
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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1922|6|7|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = Madras, [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj]]<br>(now [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India)<br />
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|alma_mater = [[Madras Christian College]] ([[University of Madras]])<br />
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|serviceyears= 1942–1947<br />
|rank=[[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]]<br />
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'''Panchanada Sabanayagam''' (born 7 June 1922) is a retired [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer and a former [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="musings">{{cite journal |last1=Rajan |first1=R. V. |date=January 2020 |title=Serving the nation well - with his administrative skills |url=http://www.madrasmusings.com/vol-29-no-18/serving-the-nation-well-with-his-administrative-skills/ |journal=Madras Musings |volume=XXIX|issue=18 |pages= |doi= |access-date=}}</ref><ref name="hindu-20220611">{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/cm-honours-retired-ias-officer-sabanayagam/article65518401.ece |title=CM honours retired IAS officer Sabanayagam |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=11 June 2022 |access-date=27 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and military service==<br />
Sabanayagam was born in Madras (now Chennai) to S. Panchanada Mudaliar, a lawyer. After taking an honours degree from [[Madras Christian College]] in 1942 and leaving with the college's Ross Prize, he considered graduate studies, but instead applied for a commission in the [[British Indian Army]] and was selected.<ref name="musings"/> He completed basic training at the Officers' Training School, Mhow, and was then sent to Deolali Artillery School for a six-month course.<ref name="musings"/> On 25 June 1944, he received an emergency commission as a second lieutenant in the 10th Field [[Regiment of Artillery (India)|Regiment of Indian Artillery]], posted at [[Chhindwara]].<ref>{{cite book|pages=843|title=Indian Army List (Special Edition) 1947|publisher=Government of India Press|year=1947}}</ref> Impressing his commanding officer Colonel Gurney with his efficiency, Sabanayagam was promoted war-substantive lieutenant on 25 December 1944 and received further promotion to captain in October 1945 over eight more senior lieutenants, six of whom were British.<ref name="musings"/> He was subsequently selected for a regular commission and a posting to the [[United Kingdom]] to attend the Long Gunnery Staff Course. As his father wished him to join the civil service, he declined the offer and relinquished his commission.<ref name="musings"/><br />
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==Civil servant==<br />
The Indian government experienced shortages of qualified officers during the transitional period before and immediately after independence. As a consequence, Sabanayagam was appointed to the new Indian Administrative Service as a War Service Candidate on 20 March 1947, in the 1945 batch of officers.<ref name="record_service">{{cite book|pages=156|title=History of Services: Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service (as of 1 January 1957)|publisher=Government of India Press|year=1958}}</ref> In the wake of Independence and partition on 15 August, his training was suspended while he and his fellow junior civil servants were dispatched to manage the resulting refugee crisis. He was then assigned to the Madras cadre and sent to the state in December 1947 to undergo training in district administration.<ref name="musings"/><br />
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Sabanayagam served in various capacities under the [[List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu]] until his retirement in 1980, his most notable position being that of Chief Secretary from 1971 to 1976.<ref name="hindu-20220611" /> He [[Centenarian|turned 100]] in June 2022, a milestone that was congratulated and praised by Chief Minister [[M. K. Stalin]].<ref name="hindu-20220611" /><br />
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