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	[[Diwan Bahadur]] '''Sir Thyagaraja Sadasiva Iyer''' M.A., B.L., (23 June 1861 – 1 December 1927) was an [[Indian people\|Indian]] [[judge]] and [[theosophist]] who served as the Chief Justice of [[Travancore]] from 1905 to 1910. He was also the first President of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) ~~Board~~, [[Madras Presidency]].		[[Diwan Bahadur]] '''Sir Thyagaraja Sadasiva Iyer''' M.A., B.L., (23 June 1861 – 1 December 1927) was an [[Indian people\|Indian]] [[judge]] and [[theosophist]] who served as the Chief Justice of [[Travancore]] from 1905 to 1910. He was also the first President of the [[Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department]] ([[HR & CE]]), [[Madras Presidency]].

	== Early life and education ==		== Early life and education ==

	Sadasiva was born in [[Kumbakonam]]<ref name="Law Weekly">{{cite journal\|last=Seshacharriar\|first=V.C\|author2=Vembakkam V Srinivasa Aiyangar \|title=Journal \|journal=The Law Weekly\|year=1921\|volume=14\|pages=7–14\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=320vAQAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Kumbakonam \|accessdate=24 September 2012}}</ref> on 23 June 1861 to Mangudi Thyagaraja Iyer,<ref name="Indian Biographical">{{cite book\|last=Rao\|first=C Hayavadana\|title=The Indian biographical dictionary (1915)\|year=1915\|location=Madras\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/indianbiographic00raoc/page/373 373]\|url=https://archive.org/details/indianbiographic00raoc}}</ref> who was a daayadhi (cousin by paternal lineage) to [[Nobel Laureate]] [[C. V. Raman]]. He was educated at [[Kumbakonam]] and [[Madras]] and mastered in [[Hindu law]]. Sadasiva's younger brother was Justice [[T Paramasiva Iyer]], the father of the Kannada playwright [[T. P. Kailasam]].<ref name=Family>{{cite book\|last=Rao\|first=L. S. Seshagiri Rao\|title=T.P Kailasam\|year=1984\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|pages=1–8}}</ref>		Sadasiva was born in a Tamil Brahmin family in [[Kumbakonam]]<ref name="Law Weekly">{{cite journal\|last=Seshacharriar\|first=V.C\|author2=Vembakkam V Srinivasa Aiyangar \|title=Journal \|journal=The Law Weekly\|year=1921\|volume=14\|pages=7–14\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=320vAQAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Kumbakonam \|accessdate=24 September 2012}}</ref> on 23 June 1861 to Mangudi Thyagaraja Iyer,<ref name="Indian Biographical">{{cite book\|last=Rao\|first=C Hayavadana\|title=The Indian biographical dictionary (1915)\|year=1915\|location=Madras\|pages=[https://archive.org/details/indianbiographic00raoc/page/373 373]\|url=https://archive.org/details/indianbiographic00raoc}}</ref> who was a daayadhi (cousin by paternal lineage) to [[Nobel Laureate]] [[C. V. Raman]]. He belonged to the Mangudi Brahacharanam subsect. He was educated at [[Kumbakonam]] and [[Madras]] and mastered in [[Hindu law]]. Sadasiva's younger brother was Justice [[T Paramasiva Iyer]], the father of the Kannada playwright [[T. P. Kailasam]].<ref name=Family>{{cite book\|last=Rao\|first=L. S. Seshagiri Rao\|title=T.P Kailasam\|year=1984\|publisher=Sahitya Akademi\|pages=1–8}}</ref>

	== Judicial career ==		== Judicial career ==
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	Sadasiva started his judicial career as an apprentice to Raja [[T. Rama Rao (administrator)\|T. Rama Rao]] before enrolling as a ''vakil'' in the [[Madras High Court]]. After joining service as District Munsiff of [[Madura District (Madras Presidency)\|Madura]] in 1887 and District Judge [must be Munsif; he became District Judge much later] at [[Tinnevely District (Madras Presidency)\|Tinnevely]], Sadasiva Iyer was made a Sub-Judge in 1905. In 1905, he was appointed Chief Judge of Travancore High Court and served till 1910, when he reverted to British service and was posted as District and Sessions Judge of [[Ganjam]].<ref name="Indian Biographical" /> In 1912, Sadasiva was appointed judge of the Madras High Court as Additional Judge <ref name="1912 and Theo Soc">{{cite book\|last=Besant\|first=Annie Wood\|title=Theosophist Magazine February 1912-March 1912\|year=1912\|publisher=Theosophical Publishing House\|location=Madras}}</ref> and served from 1912 till his retirement in 1921.<ref name=Black>{{cite book\|last=Black\|title=Who was who: a companion to Who's who, containing the biographies of those who died\|year=1962\|publisher=A& C. Black\|pages=923}}</ref> In 1915 he was elected as Vice-President of the National Indian Association, Madras.<ref name="Indian Biographical" />		Sadasiva started his judicial career as an apprentice to Raja [[T. Rama Rao (administrator)\|T. Rama Rao]] before enrolling as a ''vakil'' in the [[Madras High Court]]. After joining service as District Munsiff of [[Madura District (Madras Presidency)\|Madura]] in 1887 and District Judge [must be Munsif; he became District Judge much later] at [[Tinnevely District (Madras Presidency)\|Tinnevely]], Sadasiva Iyer was made a Sub-Judge in 1905. In 1905, he was appointed Chief Judge of Travancore High Court and served till 1910, when he reverted to British service and was posted as District and Sessions Judge of [[Ganjam]].<ref name="Indian Biographical" /> In 1912, Sadasiva was appointed judge of the Madras High Court as Additional Judge <ref name="1912 and Theo Soc">{{cite book\|last=Besant\|first=Annie Wood\|title=Theosophist Magazine February 1912-March 1912\|year=1912\|publisher=Theosophical Publishing House\|location=Madras}}</ref> and served from 1912 till his retirement in 1921.<ref name=Black>{{cite book\|last=Black\|title=Who was who: a companion to Who's who, containing the biographies of those who died\|year=1962\|publisher=A& C. Black\|pages=923}}</ref> In 1915 he was elected as Vice-President of the National Indian Association, Madras.<ref name="Indian Biographical" />

	In 1921, he was appointed President of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) ~~Board~~, newly established by the [[Justice Party (India)\|Justice Party]] government of the [[Raja of Panagal]].<ref name="satyamurtip53">[[#Parthasarathi\|Parthasarathi]], p 53</ref> He was made a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the King's Birthday Honours' List of 1921.		In 1921, he was appointed President of the [[Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department]] ([[HR & CE]]), newly established by the [[Justice Party (India)\|Justice Party]] government of the [[Raja of Panagal]].<ref name="satyamurtip53">[[#Parthasarathi\|Parthasarathi]], p 53</ref> He was made a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the King's Birthday Honours' List of 1921.

	==Theosophical Society and Social Reform==		==Theosophical Society and Social Reform==

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[[Diwan Bahadur]] '''Sir Thyagaraja Sadasiva Iyer''' M.A., B.L., (23 June 1861 – 1 December 1927) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[judge]] and [[theosophist]] who served as the Chief Justice of [[Travancore]] from 1905 to 1910. He was also the first President of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Board, [[Madras Presidency]].

== Early life and education ==

Sadasiva was born in [[Kumbakonam]]<ref name="Law Weekly">{{cite journal|last=Seshacharriar|first=V.C|author2=Vembakkam V Srinivasa Aiyangar |title=Journal |journal=The Law Weekly|year=1921|volume=14|pages=7–14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=320vAQAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Kumbakonam |accessdate=24 September 2012}}</ref> on 23 June 1861 to Mangudi Thyagaraja Iyer,<ref name="Indian Biographical">{{cite book|last=Rao|first=C Hayavadana|title=The Indian biographical dictionary (1915)|year=1915|location=Madras|pages=[https://archive.org/details/indianbiographic00raoc/page/373 373]|url=https://archive.org/details/indianbiographic00raoc}}</ref> who was a daayadhi (cousin by paternal lineage) to [[Nobel Laureate]] [[C. V. Raman]]. He was educated at [[Kumbakonam]] and [[Madras]] and mastered in [[Hindu law]]. Sadasiva's younger brother was Justice [[T Paramasiva Iyer]], the father of the Kannada playwright [[T. P. Kailasam]].<ref name=Family>{{cite book|last=Rao|first=L. S. Seshagiri Rao|title=T.P Kailasam|year=1984|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|pages=1–8}}</ref>

== Judicial career ==

Sadasiva started his judicial career as an apprentice to Raja [[T. Rama Rao (administrator)|T. Rama Rao]] before enrolling as a ''vakil'' in the [[Madras High Court]]. After joining service as District Munsiff of [[Madura District (Madras Presidency)|Madura]] in 1887 and District Judge [must be Munsif; he became District Judge much later] at [[Tinnevely District (Madras Presidency)|Tinnevely]], Sadasiva Iyer was made a Sub-Judge in 1905. In 1905, he was appointed Chief Judge of Travancore High Court and served till 1910, when he reverted to British service and was posted as District and Sessions Judge of [[Ganjam]].<ref name="Indian Biographical" /> In 1912, Sadasiva was appointed judge of the Madras High Court as Additional Judge <ref name="1912 and Theo Soc">{{cite book|last=Besant|first=Annie Wood|title=Theosophist Magazine February 1912-March 1912|year=1912|publisher=Theosophical Publishing House|location=Madras}}</ref> and served from 1912 till his retirement in 1921.<ref name=Black>{{cite book|last=Black|title=Who was who: a companion to Who's who, containing the biographies of those who died|year=1962|publisher=A& C. Black|pages=923}}</ref> In 1915 he was elected as Vice-President of the National Indian Association, Madras.<ref name="Indian Biographical" />

In 1921, he was appointed President of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Board, newly established by the [[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]] government of the [[Raja of Panagal]].<ref name="satyamurtip53">[[#Parthasarathi|Parthasarathi]], p 53</ref> He was made a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the King's Birthday Honours' List of 1921.

==Theosophical Society and Social Reform==
Sadasiva was an active member of the [[Theosophical Society]]<ref name="Theo Soc">{{cite book|last=Besant|first=Annie Wood|title=Theosophist Magazine April 1913-June 1913|year=1913|publisher=Theosophical Publishing House|location=Adyar, Madras|pages=118}}</ref> presiding over several meetings and serving as the General Secretary of its India Section from 1924-1925.<ref name="Gen Sec">{{cite book|last=Jinaradasa|first=C|title=Golden Book of the Theosophical Society|year=1925|publisher=Theosphical Publishing House|location=Madras|pages=257}}</ref> In 1918, [[Annie Besant]] and the leaders of the Home Rule League established the Wood's College at Madanapalle as the first National University, Sadasiva Iyer was appointed as its Vice Chancellor and [[Rabindranath Tagore]] its Chancellor.<ref name=Madanapalle>{{cite book|last=Rao|first=Ch. M. Naidu|title=Nationalism in south India, its economic and social background, 1885-1918 : a study of the Madras Government's policies in the economic and social aspects and their impact on nationalism in the former Madras Presidency|year=1988|publisher=Mittal Publications|location=Delhi, India|isbn=978-81-7099-043-7|pages=114}}</ref>

== Death ==

Sadasiva died at [[Madras]] on 1 December 1927 at the age of 66.

== Family ==
Sadasiva married his maternal cousin, Mangalammal. The couple had five sons (Viswanathan, Krishnamurthy, Thyagarajan, Swaminathan, and Ramachandran) and three daughters (Balamma, Syamala, and Parvati).{{Citation needed|date=April 2012}} His brother in law was Dewan Bahadur [[R. V. Srinivasa Aiyar]].<ref name="Who's who">{{cite book|title=The Who's who in Madras: ... A pictorial who's who of distinguished personages, princes, zemindars and noblemen in the Madras Presidency|year=1940|publisher=Pearl Press|pages=247}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}
* {{cite journal|work=The Theosophist|date=February–March 1912|title=Supplement to the Theosophist|page=xiv|first=Annie Wood|last=Besant|authorlink=Annie Besant}}
* {{cite book|title=Builders of Modern India: S. Satyamurti|publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting|year=1979|first=R.|last=Parthasarathi|ref=Parthasarathi}}

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