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| birth_date = 1892<br />
| birth_place = [[Ramanathapuram]] district, [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death-date and age|9 November 1991|1892}}<br />
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| occupation = Senior [[Lawyer]]<br />
| known_for = Exponent of the [[Hindu law]]<br />
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'''R. Kesava Aiyangar''' was a Senior Advocate of the [[Supreme Court of India]]. He practiced law for over 75 years both there and at the High Court of [[Madras]].<br />
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He was born in 1892 in the [[Ramanathapuram]] district of [[Tamil Nadu]] in India.<br />
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==Lawyer==<br />
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He played an important role in the framing of the format of the [[Writ Petition]] in the courts of India. He was a widely recognized exponent of the [[Hindu law]] and was also one of the longest serving lawyers in the country.<br />
==Scholarly work==<br />
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Apart from being a senior lawyer, he was also a highly respected scholar of both Sanskrit and Tamil. He served as the president of the Tamil sangam in [[Triplicane]] for over three years.<br />
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Some of his works written during the time includes Parthasarathymalai, Thirupadugamalai and Andalmalai. In 1974, a book named '[[Vedanta Desika]]'s [[satadushani]]' of Srivatsankacharya<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/08/31/stories/13310783.htm |title=Honour for illustrious scholars |newspaper=The Hindu |date=2001-08-31 |accessdate=2014-03-21}}</ref> was released. It carried an exhaustive introduction of high scholarly value by R. Kesava Aiyangar. He also authored a book titled "Adiyavarku Meyyan Arul" which expounds the philosophy of Saranagati.<br />
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But his magnum opus is the work in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] about [[Thirukkural]] of [[Thiruvalluvar]] called ''Valluvar Ullam''. This highly controversial work{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} disputed the claims of the scholars of the [[Dravidian peoples|Dravidian Movement]] that Thirukkural is completely independent of the Vedic thoughts and of [[Hindu]] philosophy. It establishes with great authority that Thirukkural is indeed part of the [[Vedic]] tradition and is not, in any way, alien to it by giving extensive references from Sanskrit literature and various ancient Tamil Hindu works which mirror the thoughts of the Thirukkural. The book was highly regarded and reviewed in ''[[The Indian Express]]''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}<br />
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==Death==<br />
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R. Kesava Aiyangar died on 9 November 1991 at the age of 99.<br />
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