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{{Infobox Officeholder<br />
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| name = S. Shungrasoobyer<br />
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]]<br />
| image = S. Shungrasoobyer.jpg<br />
| imagesize = 250px<br />
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| office = [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] of [[Travancore]]<br />
| term_start = 1892<br />
| term_end = 1898<br />
| monarch = [[Moolam Thirunal]]<br />
| predecessor = [[T. Rama Rao (administrator)|T. Rama Rao]]<br />
| successor = [[K. Krishnaswamy Rao]]<br />
| birth_date = 1836<br />
| birth_place = [[Trivandrum]], [[Travancore]]<br />
| death_date = 1904<br />
| death_place = [[Trivandrum]], [[Travancore]]<br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| Sunday General Holiday order = 1894<br />
| occupation = [[Civil servant]], Administrator<br />
| profession = [[politician|Statesman]]<br />
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| website =<br />
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'''S. Shungrasoobyer''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CIE}} (1836–1904), also known as '''Sankara Subha Iyer''' or '''Sankara Stibbaiyar''', was an Indian administrator who served as the Diwan of [[Travancore State]] from 1892 to 1898.<ref name="world_statesmen">{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html#Tiruvidamkodu|title=List of Diwans of Travancore|accessdate=2008-07-12|publisher=worldstatesmen.org}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Shungrasoobyer was born in 1836 in [[Travancore]]. His maternal grandfather was a [[Pandit|pundit]] of the Appeal Court. Shungrasoobyer had his schooling at the Rajah's Free School, [[Trivandrum]]. On completion of his schooling in 1853, Shungrsoobyer joined the Travancore state service as a teacher on a monthly salary of Rs. 5.<br />
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== Civil service ==<br />
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Shungrasoobyer's talents were spotted by the then [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]], [[Sir T. Madhava Rao]], who appointed him Deputy Sheristadar of Police. Shungrasoobyer served as the Director of Vernacular Education and as Boundary Commissioner, helped resolve a boundary dispute between Travancore and the [[Kingdom of Cochin]].<br />
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In 1882, Shungrasoobyer was appointed Settlement Diwan Peishkar of the Revenue Settlement by the then Diwan, [[V. Ramiengar]]. He performed his job well, completing the settlement of Najanad, Trivandrum and Chirayinkil taluks. In 1888, Shungrasoobyer was nominated to the Travancore Legislative Assembly. he was ordered Sunday general holiday on 1894<br />
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== Tenure as Diwan ==<br />
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Travancore was witnessing a movement for Dalit upliftment at the time Shungrasoobyer became Diwan in 1892. There was no representation for the low-caste Hindu [[Ezhava]] community in the Travancore Legislative Council, constituted in 1888. Hence, in 1895, the Ezhavas presented a memorial to the Diwan demanding more political representation. They received no substantive response.<ref>{{cite book | title=Social Mobility in Kerala: Modernity and Identity in Conflict | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMRw0gTZSJwC&pg=PA192|first1=Filippo |last1=Osella |first2=Caroline |last2=Osella| date=200| page=192| isbn=074531693X}}</ref><br />
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== Later life and death ==<br />
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Shungrasoobyer retired as Diwan in April 1898 on a monthly pension of Rs. 800. The Government of British India recognized his services by making him a [[Order of the Indian Empire|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]]. Sir [[Arthur Havelock]], the [[Governor of Madras]], appointed him a non-official member of the [[Madras Legislative Council]].{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}<br />
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Shungrasoobyer died in September 1904.{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Padmanabhan Palpu]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]<br />
[[Category:Diwans of Travancore]]<br />
[[Category:1836 births]]<br />
[[Category:1904 deaths]]<br />
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