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{{Infobox Officeholder<br />
| honorific-prefix = Sir <br />
| name = Thiruvalayangudi Vijayaraghavacharya<br />
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]]<br />
| image = <br />
| imagesize = 250px<br />
| caption = <br />
| office1 = [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] of [[Udaipur]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1939<br />
| term_end1 = 1947<br />
| monarch1 = [[Bhopal Singh]]<br />
| predecessor1 = <br />
| successor1 = <br />
| office2 = [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] of [[Cochin kingdom|Cochin]]<br />
| term_start2 = 1919<br />
| term_end2 = 1922<br />
| monarch2 = [[Rama Varma XVI]]<br />
| predecessor2 = [[J. W. Bhore]]<br />
| successor2 = [[P. Narayana Menon]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1875|08|27}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Karur]], [[Madras Presidency]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1953|02|28|1875|08|27}}<br />
| death_place = Madras, India<br />
}}<br />
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[[Diwan Bahadur]] '''Sir Thiruvalayangudi Vijayaraghavacharya''' <small>[[Order of the British Empire|KBE]]</small> (27 August 1875 &ndash; 28 February 1953) was an Indian civil servant and administrator who served as the [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] of [[Cochin kingdom]] from 1919 to 1922. Vijayaraghavacharya was also a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] representing [[Udaipur State|Udaipur]].<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
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Vijayaraghavacharya was born in Erode on 27 August 1875 and was educated at the [[Presidency College, Madras]]. <br />
Vijayaraghavacharya completed his B. A. in 1894 and obtained an M. A. in 1898.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
[[File:Agri_meeting_1929.jpg|thumb|Dewan Vijayaraghavarcharyar at a meeting in Pusa in 1929. Sitting at the centre of the front row (seventh from left) with turban]]<br />
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Vijayaraghavacharya joined the provincial civil service in 1898 and served, initially, as a district officer. From 1912 to 1917, he served as Secretary in the Board of Revenue, [[Madras Corporation]] and as Deputy Director of Industries from 1918 to 1919. In 1919, he was appointed Diwan of the Cochin kingdom and served from 1919 to 1922. <br />
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During his tenure, Vijayaraghavacharya started the industrialization of Cochin kingdom. The Nair Regulation was introduced in 1920. Female literacy increased considerably during this period. Local Self-governing bodies such as village panchayats and municipal councils were given increased powers and privileges.<br />
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In 1922, he was appointed Commissioner for India at the British Empire Exhibition, [[Wembley]] and was, in 1926, made Director of Industries. He also served for a short time as member of the Public Service Commission and in 1929, was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Imperial Council for Agricultural Research.<br />
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Vijayaraghavacharya retired from the civil service on 25 December 1935. Four years later, he was appointed Diwan of Udaipur.<br />
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== Death ==<br />
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Vijayaraghavacharya died on 28 February 1953 at the age of 77.<ref name="indianreview">{{cite book|title=The Indian Review, Vol 54|publisher=[[G. A. Natesan]]|year=1953}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Obituary|work=Current Affairs|issue=8|page=68|publisher=Careers Institute|year=1953}}</ref><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{cite book|title=The Times of India directory and year book including who's who, Volume 38|pages=808|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co.|year=1953|author=Sir Stanley Reed}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=The International who's who, Volume 13|pages=948|publisher= Europa Publications Ltd|year=1949}}<br />
* {{cite journal|title=Diwan Bahadur Sir T. Vijayaraghavacharya|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/jarch/currsci/4/307-308.pdf|work=Current Science|date=November 1935|volume=4|issue=05|pages=307–308}}<br />
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