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			{{Short description\|British civil servant of the Indian civil service and administrator}}
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	{{Infobox Officeholder		{{Infobox Officeholder
	\| honorific-prefix = ~~Sir~~		\| honorific-prefix =
	\| name = Thomas Austin		\| name = Sir Thomas Austin
	\| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Indian Empire\|KCIE]]		\| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Indian Empire\|KCIE]]
	\| image = Sir Thomas Austin.jpg		\| image = Sir Thomas Austin.jpg
	\| imagesize =250px		\| imagesize = 250px
	\| smallimage =		\| smallimage =
	\| caption = Austin in 1953.		\| caption = Austin in 1953.
	\| office1 = [[~~Diwan (title)~~\|Diwan]] of [[Travancore]]		\| office1 = [[List of Diwans of Travancore\|Diwan of Travancore]]
	\| term_start1 = 1932		\| term_start1 = 1932
	\| term_end1 = 1934		\| term_end1 = 1934
	\| monarch1 = [[Chithira Thirunal]]		\| monarch1 = [[Chithira Thirunal]]
	\| predecessor1 =[[V. S. Subramanya Iyer]]		\| predecessor1 = [[V. S. Subramanya Iyer]]
	\| successor1 =[[Muhammad Habibullah]]		\| successor1 = [[Muhammad Habibullah]]
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1887\|07\|20\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1887\|07\|20\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[United Kingdom]]		\| birth_place = [[United Kingdom]]
	\| death_date = 1976 (age 89)		\| death_date = 1976 (age 89)
	\| death_place = [[United Kingdom]]		\| death_place = [[United Kingdom]]
	}}		}}
	'''Sir Thomas Austin''' [[Order of the Indian Empire\|KCIE]] (20 July 1887 – 1976) was a British civil servant of the [[Indian civil service]] and [[Administrator of the Government\|administrator]] who served as the [[~~Diwan (title)~~\|Diwan]] of [[Travancore]] from 1932 to 1934.		'''Sir Thomas Austin''', [[Order of the Indian Empire\|KCIE]] (20 July 1887 – 27 June 1976) was a British civil servant of the [[Indian civil service]] and [[Administrator of the Government\|administrator]] who served as the [[List of Diwans of Travancore\|Diwan of Travancore]] from 1932 to 1934.

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==
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	== Indian civil service ==		== Indian civil service ==
	Thomas Austin entered the Indian ~~civil service~~ in 1910 and served in various junior ~~position~~ before being appointed District Collector of [[Nilgiris District\|Nilgiris]] in 1929. He served as Collector of Nilgiris from 1929 to 1932 when he was appointed Diwan of Travancore on a two-year contract. In his later life, Austin also served as Chief Secretary of the [[Government of Madras]].		Thomas Austin entered the Indian Civil Service in 1910 and served in various junior positions before being appointed District Collector of [[Nilgiris District\|Nilgiris]] in 1929. He served as Collector of Nilgiris from 1929 to 1932 when he was appointed the [[List of Diwans of Travancore\|Diwan of Travancore]] on a two-year contract. In his later life, Austin also served as Chief Secretary of the [[Government of Madras]].

	== Honours ==		== Honours ==
	Austin was made a [[Order of the Indian Empire\|Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in 1945.		Austin was made a [[Order of the Indian Empire\|Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in the [[1945 New Year Honours]].

	[[Austin Town]] in the city of [[Bangalore]], [[India]] is named after Thomas Austin who had built houses for low-income groups in the Cantonment section of the city.<ref name="pastmuster">{{cite web\|title=Past Muster\|publisher=TimeOut Bengaluru\|url=http://www.timeoutbangalore.com/client_coverstory/client_coverstory_details.asp?code=621~~}}{{Dead link~~\|~~date~~=~~June 2018~~ \|~~bot~~=~~InternetArchiveBot~~ \|~~fix~~-~~attempted~~=no }}</ref>		[[Austin Town]] in the city of [[Bangalore]], [[India]] is named after Thomas Austin who had built houses for low-income groups in the Cantonment section of the city.<ref name="pastmuster">{{cite web\|title=Past Muster\|publisher=TimeOut Bengaluru\|url=http://www.timeoutbangalore.com/client_coverstory/client_coverstory_details.asp?code=621\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708184257/http://www.timeoutbangalore.com/client_coverstory/client_coverstory_details.asp?code=621\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=8 July 2020}}</ref>

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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{{Infobox Officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Sir
| name = Thomas Austin
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]]
| image = Sir Thomas Austin.jpg
| imagesize =250px
| smallimage =
| caption = Austin in 1953.
| office1 = [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] of [[Travancore]]
| term_start1 = 1932
| term_end1 = 1934
| monarch1 = [[Chithira Thirunal]]
| predecessor1 =[[V. S. Subramanya Iyer]]
| successor1 =[[Muhammad Habibullah]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|07|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[United Kingdom]]
| death_date = 1976 (age 89)
| death_place = [[United Kingdom]]
}}
'''Sir Thomas Austin''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] (20 July 1887 – 1976) was a British civil servant of the [[Indian civil service]] and [[Administrator of the Government|administrator]] who served as the [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] of [[Travancore]] from 1932 to 1934.

== Early life ==
Thomas Austin was born in 1887 to a British clergyman, Rev. T. Austin. He was educated at [[Plymouth College]] and [[Jesus College, Cambridge]].

== Indian civil service ==
Thomas Austin entered the Indian civil service in 1910 and served in various junior position before being appointed District Collector of [[Nilgiris District|Nilgiris]] in 1929. He served as Collector of Nilgiris from 1929 to 1932 when he was appointed Diwan of Travancore on a two-year contract. In his later life, Austin also served as Chief Secretary of the [[Government of Madras]].

== Honours ==
Austin was made a [[Order of the Indian Empire|Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] in 1945.

[[Austin Town]] in the city of [[Bangalore]], [[India]] is named after Thomas Austin who had built houses for low-income groups in the Cantonment section of the city.<ref name="pastmuster">{{cite web|title=Past Muster|publisher=TimeOut Bengaluru|url=http://www.timeoutbangalore.com/client_coverstory/client_coverstory_details.asp?code=621}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==
* {{cite book|title=Kelly's handbook to the titled, landed and official classes, Volume 95|pages=182|publisher=Kelly's Directories|year=1969}}

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[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
[[Category:Indian Civil Service (British India) officers]]
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[[Category:Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Diwans of Travancore]]
[[Category:People educated at Plymouth College]]

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