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| name = Thanjavur Subha Rao<br />
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| office1 = [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] of [[Travancore]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1830<br />
| term_end1 = 1837<br />
| monarch1 = [[Swathi Thirunal]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[T. Venkata Rao]]<br />
| successor1 = R. Ranga Rao<br />
| term_start2 = 1839<br />
| term_end2 = June 1842<br />
| predecessor2 = [[T. Venkata Rao]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Krishna Rao (administrator)|Krishna Rao]]<br />
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'''Thanjavur Subha Rao''' (also known as '''Subharao Tanjavarkar''') was an Indian administrator and musician who served as the dewan of the state of [[Travancore]] in the 1830s.<br />
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Subha Rao was a native of Thanjavur and was born into a [[Thanjavur Marathi people|Thanjavur Marathi]] [[Deshastha Brahmin]] family. He was so fluent in English that he was also known as "English" Subha Rao. He tutored the Maharaja of Travancore [[Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma|Swathi Thirunal]] in [[Sanskrit]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], political science and Carnatic music. In 1830, he was appointed Dewan of Travancore.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fMg7aKE8RNgC |last=Weidman |first=Amanda J. |year=2006 |title=Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modern |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=0-8223-3620-0}}</ref><br />
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