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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Vishwanath Patankar Madhava Rao
| honorific-prefix =
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]]
| image = V P Madhava Rao.jpg
| caption = Portrait of V. P. Madhava Rao
| order1 = Diwan of [[Baroda]]
| term_start1 = 1910
| term_end1 = 1913
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| order2 = 17th [[List of Diwans of Mysore|Diwan of the Mysore kingdom]]
| term_start2 = 30 June 1906
| term_end2 = 31 March 1909
| predecessor2 = [[P. N. Krishnamurti]]
| successor2 = [[T. Ananda Rao]]
| monarch2 = [[Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV]]
| order3 = Diwan of [[Travancore]]
| term_start3 = 1904
| term_end3 = 1906
| predecessor3 = [[K. Krishnaswamy Rao]]
| successor3 = [[S. Gopalachari]]
| monarch3 = [[Moolam Thirunal]]
| birth_date = February 1850
| birth_place = [[Kumbakonam]], [[Madras Presidency]]
| death_date = 1934
| death_place =
| nationality =
| party =
| alma_mater =
| profession = civil servant
| occupation =
| spouse =
}}

'''Vishwanath Patankar Madhava Rao''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|CIE}} (10 February 1850 – 1934) was an Indian administrator and statesman who served as the [[List of Diwans of Mysore|Diwan]] of [[Mysore kingdom]] from 1906 to 1909 and [[Baroda]] from 1910 to 1913.

== Early life and education ==
Madhava Rao came of an ancient family of [[Thanjavur Marathi people|Thanjavur Marathi]] [[Deshastha Brahmin]] family, long ago settled in Tanjore, who was supposed to have emigrated from the [[Satara (city)|Satara]] district to south India in the wake of Maratha conquest of Tanjore.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=fhwaAAAAMAAJ&q The Indian Review, Volume 18 By G.A. Natesan,Page 863]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RXodAAAAMAAJ&q Indian Statesmen, Dewans and Prime Ministers of Native States By G.A. Natesan , Page 113]</ref>
Madhava Rao was born in February 1850 in [[Kumbakonam]], [[Madras Presidency]]. He was educated at Kumbakonam College with studies under [[William Archer Porter]]. He completed his B. A. in 1869 and was appointed as a [[headmaster]] in royal school in the Mysore kingdom.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

== Appointments ==

Madhava Rao entered the service of the Mysore kingdom in 1869 as a headmaster of the royal school. He was later appointed [[public prosecutor]] of Mysore and served in the Judicial and Revenue departments. He also served as Inspector General of Police, Plague Commissioner in the Mysore kingdom from 1898 to 1901 and Revenue Commissioner from 1902 to 1904 before being appointed Diwan in 1906.

== Diwan of Mysore ==

Madhava Rao served as Diwan of the Mysore kingdom from 30 June 1906 to 31 March 1909. In 1906, a law was passed empowering members of the Mysore Legislative Assembly to pass laws. The new legislature was constituted on 6 March 1907. The Land Revenue Code was amended to make the Revenue Commissioner the Chief Revenue authority and was also given charge of the treasury. A Department of Public Health was created and competitive exams for the Mysore Civil Service were revived. Taxes on [[arecanut]] were revoked.

Kindergarten schools were introduced in the kingdom and primary education was made free. A number of irrigation projects were undertaken. The Marikanite Works were completed in 1906-07 and the Cauvery Power Works at Belagola in 1907-08. The Government sanctioned a free grant of land to the [[Indian Institute of Science]].

Electric lighting was introduced in the civil and military station of [[Bangalore]] city on 1 January 1908 and for Mysore city on 26 September 1908.<ref name=Prasad>{{cite news|last1=Prasad|first1=S Narendra|title=Revisiting days of yore|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/485093/revisiting-days-yore.html|access-date=2 July 2015|agency=Deccan Herald|issue=Bangalore|date=23 June 2015}}</ref>

== Honours ==

Madhava Rao was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1899 and was awarded the [[Kaiser-i-Hind Medal]] in 1900.

== References ==
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* {{cite book|title=Mysore Gazetteer|pages=3148}}
* {{cite book|title=Mysore Gazetteer|pages=3020–3026}}

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[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
[[Category:Marathi people]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal]]
[[Category:People from Thanjavur district]]
[[Category:Diwans of Mysore]]
[[Category:Diwans of Baroda]]

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