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	'''Pakala Venkataramana Rao Rajamannar''' (1901–1979) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ judge and politician who served as the acting [[List of Governors of Tamil Nadu\|Governor of Madras State]] from 1957 to 1958.<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#Tamil-Nadu Indian states since 1947], (Worldstatesmen, 16 September 2008)</ref> P.V. Rajamannar was the first Indian to become Chief Justice of [[Madras High Court]] after independence from 1948 to 1961.<ref>[http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm The Honourable Chief Justices] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212201925/http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm \|date=12 February 2012 }} (Madras High Court, 17 September 2008)</ref> He was also the first Chairman of [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] in [[New Delhi]].		'''Pakala Venkataramana Rao Rajamannar''' (1901–1979) was an Indian judge and politician who served as the acting [[List of Governors of Tamil Nadu\|Governor of Madras State]] from 1957 to 1958.<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#Tamil-Nadu Indian states since 1947], (Worldstatesmen, 16 September 2008)</ref> P.V. Rajamannar was the first Indian to become Chief Justice of [[Madras High Court]] after independence from 1948 to 1961.<ref>[http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm The Honourable Chief Justices] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212201925/http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm \|date=12 February 2012 }} (Madras High Court, 17 September 2008)</ref> He was also the first Chairman of [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] in [[New Delhi]].

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	==Career in law==		==Career in law==
	In 1924, Rajamannar started his law practice joining his father's chambers. In 1944 P.V. Rajamannar was appointed Advocate-General in succession to Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Aiyar. His appointment also made Rajamannar one of the youngest Advocate-~~General~~ at 43 years of age. He also appeared as the Public Prosecutor in one of the most sensational murder cases in South India, [[Lakshmikanthan murder case]] involving two popular actors and a ~~Journalist~~ with criminal history.		In 1924, Rajamannar started his law practice joining his father's chambers. In 1944 P.V. Rajamannar was appointed Advocate-General in succession to Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Aiyar. His appointment also made Rajamannar one of the youngest Advocate-Generals at 43 years of age. He also appeared as the Public Prosecutor in one of the most sensational murder cases in South India, [[Lakshmikanthan murder case]] involving two popular actors and a journalist with criminal history.

	===Chief Justice===		===Chief Justice===
	Later in 1945, P. V. Rajamannar was appointed as Judge of Madras High Court and in 1948 Rajamannar became the first Indian to be elevated as Chief Justice of Madras High Court.<ref name="PVRajamannar-Masdras High Court">{{cite book\|title= Famous Judges and Lawyers of Madras\|page=251\|publisher=Sumithra Balakrishnan\|isbn=<!--n/a-->\|year=2012}}</ref> He retired in 1961 and continued his active services for government by heading various committees		Later in 1945, P. V. Rajamannar was appointed Judge of Madras High Court and in 1948 Rajamannar became the first Indian to be elevated as Chief Justice of Madras High Court.<ref name="PVRajamannar-Masdras High Court">{{cite book\|title= Famous Judges and Lawyers of Madras\|page=251\|publisher=Sumithra Balakrishnan\|isbn=<!--n/a-->\|year=2012}}</ref> He retired in 1961 and continued his active services for government by heading various committees.
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	== Other services==		== Other services==
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	===State Autonomy Committee===		===State Autonomy Committee===
	In 1969, P.V. Rajamannar was appointed as the Chairman of a 3-member committee P.V. Rajamannar committee to study the State Autonomy and Centre-State relations by the then newly elected [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam\|DMK]] government under its Chief Minister Dr. M. [[Karunanidhi]].		In 1969, P.V. Rajamannar was appointed the Chairman of a 3-member committee P.V. Rajamannar committee to study the State Autonomy and Centre-State relations by the then newly elected [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam\|DMK]] government under its Chief Minister Dr. M. [[Karunanidhi]].

	== Arts of literature==		== Arts and literature==
	In addition to his career in Law and administration P. V. Rajamannar was active in Arts and was the first appointed chairman of [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] in [[New Delhi]]. During his college years and later he edited a [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] literary journal called ''Kala'' and winning the ''Ramarayaninger Prize'' for a Telugu ~~Work~~ 'Representative Government in Ancient India''.<ref name="PVRajamannar-Arts and Litreature">{{cite book\|title= Famous Judges and Lawyers of Madras\|page=253\|publisher=Sumithra Balakrishnan\|isbn= <!--n/a-->\|year=2012}}</ref> 1964, he was awarded the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows\|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] the highest honour conferred by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm\|title=SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi ''Ratna Puraskar''winners (Akademi Fellows)\|publisher=Official website\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206222925/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm\|archive-date=6 December 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>		In addition to his career in Law and administration P. V. Rajamannar was active in Arts and was the first appointed chairman of [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] in [[New Delhi]]. During his college years and later he edited a [[Telugu language\|Telugu]] literary journal called ''Kala'' and winning the ''Ramarayaninger Prize'' for a Telugu work ''Representative Government in Ancient India''.<ref name="PVRajamannar-Arts and Litreature">{{cite book\|title= Famous Judges and Lawyers of Madras\|page=253\|publisher=Sumithra Balakrishnan\|isbn= <!--n/a-->\|year=2012}}</ref> In 1964, he was awarded the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows\|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] the highest honour conferred by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm\|title=SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi ''Ratna Puraskar''winners (Akademi Fellows)\|publisher=Official website\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206222925/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm\|archive-date=6 December 2014\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

	==Honours and legacy==		==Honours and legacy==
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	==References==		==References==
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	==Sources==		==Sources==
	*[http://sangeetnatak.org/sna/sna1.htm First Chairman, Dr P.V. Rajamannar]		*[http://sangeetnatak.org/sna/sna1.htm First Chairman, Dr P.V. Rajamannar]

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'''Pakala Venkataramana Rao Rajamannar''' (1901–1979) was an [[India]]n judge and politician who served as the acting [[List of Governors of Tamil Nadu|Governor of Madras State]] from 1957 to 1958.<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#Tamil-Nadu Indian states since 1947], (Worldstatesmen, 16 September 2008)</ref> P.V. Rajamannar was the first Indian to become Chief Justice of [[Madras High Court]] after independence from 1948 to 1961.<ref>[http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm The Honourable Chief Justices] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212201925/http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm |date=12 February 2012 }} (Madras High Court, 17 September 2008)</ref> He was also the first Chairman of [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] in [[New Delhi]].

==Early life==
P. V. Rajamannar was born to Dewan Bahadur P. Venkataramana Rao, an eminent lawyer who was a Madras High Court Judge and later Chief Justice of Mysore High Court. He completed his schooling at Pachaiyappa's High School, Madras and did his graduation in the Presidency College, securing First Class in English and Philosophy in B.A in 1921. In B.L he won the [[American Jurisprudence|Jurisprudence prize]] in 1923.<ref name="PVRajamannar-Early Life and Career">{{cite book|title= Famous Judges and Lawyers of Madras|page=250|publisher=Sumithra Balakrishnan|isbn=|year=2012}}</ref>

==Career in law==
In 1924, Rajamannar started his law practice joining his father's chambers. In 1944 P.V. Rajamannar was appointed Advocate-General in succession to Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Aiyar. His appointment also made Rajamannar one of the youngest Advocate-General at 43 years of age. He also appeared as the Public Prosecutor in one of the most sensational murder cases in South India, [[Lakshmikanthan murder case]] involving two popular actors and a Journalist with criminal history.

===Chief Justice===
Later in 1945, P. V. Rajamannar was appointed as Judge of Madras High Court and in 1948 Rajamannar became the first Indian to be elevated as Chief Justice of Madras High Court.<ref name="PVRajamannar-Masdras High Court">{{cite book|title= Famous Judges and Lawyers of Madras|page=251|publisher=Sumithra Balakrishnan|isbn=|year=2012}}</ref> He retired in 1961 and continued his active services for government by heading various committees
.

== Other services==

===Finance Commission===
During the years 1966-1969 P. V. Rajamannar was also the Chairman of [[The Fourth Finance Commission of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fincomindia.nic.in/writereaddata/html_en_files/oldcommission_html/fcreport/Report_of_The_Finance_Commission_1965/minute%20by%20dr%20p%20v%20rajamannar%20.pdf|title=Minute by P.V.Rajamannar|publisher=fincomindia.nic.in|access-date=28 December 2013}}</ref>

In addition Rajamannar was also the Chairman for the Fourth Law Commission and the Banking Laws Committee.<ref name="PVRajamannar-Indian Patriots">{{cite book|title= The Great Indian Patriots, Volume 2 By P. Rajeswar Rao |page=41|first=P.Rajeswar|last=Rao|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn= 978-81-7099-288-2|year=1991}}</ref>

===Educational Boards===
P.V. Rajamannar was also the Chairman of Board of Studies of Law and Chaired the Board of Studies in Telugu at [[Sri Venkateswara University]] and Theater Art Faculty at [[Andhra University]]. He was also the Member of Syndicate of [[Madras University]].<ref name="PVRajamannar-Indian Patriots"/>

===State Autonomy Committee===
In 1969, P.V. Rajamannar was appointed as the Chairman of a 3-member committee P.V. Rajamannar committee to study the State Autonomy and Centre-State relations by the then newly elected [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] government under its Chief Minister Dr. M. [[Karunanidhi]].

== Arts of literature==
In addition to his career in Law and administration P. V. Rajamannar was active in Arts and was the first appointed chairman of [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] in [[New Delhi]]. During his college years and later he edited a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] literary journal called ''Kala'' and winning the ''Ramarayaninger Prize'' for a Telugu Work 'Representative Government in Ancient India''.<ref name="PVRajamannar-Arts and Litreature">{{cite book|title= Famous Judges and Lawyers of Madras|page=253|publisher=Sumithra Balakrishnan|isbn= |year=2012}}</ref> 1964, he was awarded the [[List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows|Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] the highest honour conferred by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm|title=SNA: List of Sangeet Natak Akademi ''Ratna Puraskar''winners (Akademi Fellows)|publisher=Official website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206222925/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm|archive-date=6 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Honours and legacy==
P. V. Rajamannar was conferred Honorary Doctorates from [[Madras University]], [[Andhra University]] and [[Annamalai University]]. Justice P V Rajamannar Salai (Road) in [[K. K. Nagar, Chennai]] is named in his honour. He was also nominated twice to [[Upper House]] in Madras and on two occasions acted as [[governor]].

==Works and publications==
* ''India: Republic Day 1956 '' (1956) – English - (Co-Author John Haynes Holmes, K. M. Panikkar, P. V. Rajamannar and N. C. Mehta)
* ''Aesthetic experience, (Sir George Stanley endowment lectures)'' (1960) - English
* ''Rajamannaru natikalu: Ayidu ekanka natikalu'' (1968) – Telugu
* ''Report on negotiable instruments law, 1975 '' (1976) - English
* ''Report on indigenous negotiable instruments (hundis), 1978'' (1979) - English
* ''Report on personal property security law, 1977 '' (1978) - English
* ''First report of the Study Group Reviewing Legislation Affecting Banking: banking legislation'' (1971) - English
* ''Tamil Nadu Report, 1971 by P. V. Tamil Nadu Rajamannar'' (1971) - English

==References==
{{reflist}}
==Sources==
*[http://sangeetnatak.org/sna/sna1.htm First Chairman, Dr P.V. Rajamannar]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071203051010/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/11/23/stories/2007112350540300.htm Metroplus First Indian Chief Justice High Court of Madras]
*[http://yabaluri.org/TRIVENI/CDWEB/modernityvstraditioninindianartapr65.htm Article by DR. P. V. RAJAMANNAR on MODERNITY Vs. TRADITION IN INDIAN ART]
*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1031203/asp/opinion/story_2631722.asp Telegraph article on States autonomy Committee]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100125153255/http://interstatecouncil.nic.in/CHAPTER1.3.htm Interstate Council's Rajamannar Committee]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120828075353/http://www.finanomics.com/2011_09_01_archive.html Financial Commissions]
*{{cite journal|jstor=23329304|title=Telugu Drama|journal=Indian Literature|volume=1|issue=2|pages=133–139|last1=Ram|first1=A. Janaki|year=1958}}
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