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<p><span class="autocomment">Early life: </span> Fix misspelling found by <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Typo_Team/moss" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Typo Team/moss">Wikipedia:Typo Team/moss</a> – you can help! #prelingerwiki</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use Indian English|date=May 2017}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}<br /> {{Infobox Officeholder<br /> | honorific-prefix = <br /> | name = Thaikkattusery Sankara Warrier<br /> | honorific-suffix = <br /> | image = <br /> | imagesize = 250px<br /> | caption = <br /> | office = [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] of [[Cochin kingdom|Cochin]]<br /> | term_start = 1840<br /> | term_end = 1856<br /> | monarch = [[Rama Varma XII]],&lt;br /&gt;[[Rama Varma XIII]],&lt;br /&gt;[[Kerala Varma IV]]&lt;br /&gt;, [[Ravi Varma IV]]<br /> | predecessor = <br /> | successor = [[Venkata Rayar]]<br /> | birth_date = January 1797<br /> | birth_place = [[Ollur]], [[Kingdom of Cochin]]<br /> | death_date = 23 October 1856 (age 59)<br /> | death_place = Ernakulam, Kingdom of Cochin<br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Thaikkattusery Sankara Warrier&#039;&#039;&#039; (c. 1797 - 23 October 1856) was an Indian civil servant and administrator who served as the [[Dewan|Diwan]] of the [[Kingdom of Cochin]] from 1840 to 1856. His sons [[T. Sankunni Menon]] and [[T. Govindan Menon]] have also served as Diwans of Cochin.<br /> <br /> == Early life ==<br /> <br /> Sankara Warrier was born in a poor [[Ambalavasi]] family of [[Ollur]] village near [[Trichur]] in January 1797. After his early schooling in [[Sanskrit]], Warrier migrated to [[Ernakulam]] at the age of 17 and took employment as a [[clerk]] in the Appeal Court. Transferred to the Diwan&#039;s office, a year later, Warrier steadily rose to become Head Rayasam (head of the correspondence department) at the age of 24.<br /> <br /> Warrier served as Head Rayasam from 1821 to 1832 and Huzur Sheristadar from 1832 to 1835. In 1835, he was appointed Diwan Peishkar or Assistant Diwan and served in the post til 1840, when he succeeded Venkitasubbaya as Diwan upon his resignation. <br /> <br /> the [[Kingdom of Cochin]]. He joined the [[Cochin]] state service as a clerk and rose to become Diwan in 1840. As Diwan he was noted for his administrative abilities, which enabled [[Cochin]] to rise to the forefront among princely states. Sankara Warrier is, especially, remembered for prevailing upon the [[Maharaja]] to issue a proclamation abolishing slavery on 16 February 1854.<br /> <br /> == Death ==<br /> <br /> Sankara Warrier died in 1856 and was succeeded as Diwan by [[Venkata Rayar]].<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> * {{cite book|title=A surve of Kerala history|year=1967|author=Sreedhara Menon}}<br /> * {{Cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html#Kochin|title=List of rulers of Kochin|publisher=worldstatesmen.org}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Warrier, T. Sankara}}<br /> [[Category:1856 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Diwans of Cochin]]<br /> [[Category:People from Thrissur district]]<br /> [[Category:1797 births]]</div>

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