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{{Short description|Indian educationalist and diplomat (1877–1966)}}
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[[File:S. E. Runganadhan in 1940.jpg|thumb|Runganadhan in 1940]]

[[Dewan Bahadur]] '''Sir Samuel Ebenezer Runganadhan''' (also '''Ranganathan'''; 30 December 1877 – 7 November 1966)<ref name="Times_obit">{{cite news |author= |title=Sir Samuel Runganadhan: Former Indian High Commissioner |work=The Times |date=23 November 1966 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp56019/samuel-e-runganadhan National Portrait Gallery]</ref> was an Indian [[educationist]] who served successively as Vice-Chancellor of [[Annamalai University]] and [[Madras University]] and as the final permanent [[High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom|High Commissioner for India]] under the [[British Empire]] from 1943 to 1947.<ref>"The British Commonwealth – India and Dependencies: Government and Constitution," pg. 112, ''The Statesman's Year Book, 1946,'' Epstein. Macmillan. London 1946</ref>

==Life==
Runganadhan was born to Reverend C. Runganadhan of the [[London Missionary Society]]. In 1908, he entered the Madras Provincial Educational Service. Later he was promoted to the Indian Educational Service in 1921, which had hitherto been mainly reserved for British educationists.<ref name="Times_obit"/> He married Leila Rau, daughter of K. Krishna Rau of Madras, and had a son and a daughter. From 1929 to 1935, he served as Vice-Chancellor of [[Annamalai University]]. He was a delegate to the Congress of the Universities of the Empire, held in [[Edinburgh]] in 1931. Subsequently, he was appointed the Vice-Chancellor of [[University of Madras]] from 1937 to 1940. He was president of the Indian Christian Association of Madras and vice-president of the All-India Christian Conference. In 1938, he was elected a member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Council|Legislative Council]] of the [[Madras Presidency]], serving until 1940, when he became the adviser to the [[Secretary of State for India]]. From 1938–1939, he was the Chairman of the Inter-Universities Board of India.<ref>pg 2631, ''Who's Who'', 1960</ref>

Conferred the title of ''Dewan Bahadur'' in 1937, Runganadhan was knighted in the [[1943 New Year Honours]] list and appointed the last High Commissioner for India in May 1943.<ref name="Times_obit"/><ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35841/pages/2 The London Gazette, 1 January 1943]</ref><ref>"The British Commonwealth - India and Dependencies: Government and Constitution," pg. 112, ''The Statesman's Year Book, 1946,'' Epstein. Macmillan. London 1946</ref> During his tenure as High Commissioner, he raised £40,000 to aid victims of the [[Bengal Famine of 1943|Bengal Famine]].<ref name="Times_obit"/> He was a delegate to the Conference of the [[Institute of Pacific Relations]] in December 1942, and the leader of the Indian delegations to the 1945 [[International Labour Conference]] (Paris), the 1946 Conference (Montreal) and to the [[Paris Peace Treaties, 1947|Paris Peace Conference]] in 1946, signing the peace treaties on behalf of India.<ref name="Times_obit"/><ref>pg 2631, ''Who's Who'', 1960</ref> He retired as High Commissioner in April 1947, shortly before Indian independence, and died in Bangalore, aged 88.

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[[Category:Dewan Bahadurs]]
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[[Category:High commissioners of India to the United Kingdom]]
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[[Category:1966 deaths]]
[[Category:Educators from British India]]

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