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			{{Short description\|Indian police officer (born 1939)}}
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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Walter Isaac ~~Devaram~~		\| name = Walter Isaac Davaram
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	\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1939\|7\|20\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1939\|7\|20\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = ~~Devikulam, Munnar,~~ [[~~Kerala~~]]~~<br />present-day~~ [[Idukki ~~district~~]]~~<br />~~[[Kerala]]~~, [[India]])~~		\| birth_place = [[Munnar]], [[Idukki District]], [[Kerala]]
	\| occupation = [[Indian Police Service]]		\| occupation = [[Indian Police Service]]
	\| alma mater = [[Madras Christian College]], [[Annamalai University]]		\| alma mater = [[Madras Christian College]], [[Annamalai University]]
	}}		}}
	'''Walter Issac Devaram'''<ref name="WID">http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1968478/ ~~{{Bare URL inline\|date=~~April ~~2022}}~~</ref> (born 20 July 1939) is a retired [[Indian Police Service]] officer. He served as the [[Director General of Police]] for the ~~State~~ of [[Tamil Nadu]].		'''Walter Issac Devaram'''<ref name="WID">[http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1968478/ G. Veeraraghavan, I.P.S. vs State Of Tamil Nadu And Anr. on 15 April, 1999] Indian Kanoon</ref> (born 20 July 1939) is a retired [[Indian Police Service]] officer. He served as the [[Director General of Police\|director general of police]] for the state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/ex-dgp-to-monitor-probe-into-special-olympics-fund-misuse/articleshow/70544323.cms\|title=Ex-DGP to monitor probe into special Olympics fund misuse \|work=The Times of India \|date=6 August 2019 \|access-date=30 October 2025 }}</ref>

	He was a former Army ~~Officer~~ before he sat for the IPS wherein he stood first in the order of merit. He curbed the Naxal menace with an iron hand during his stint as DIG/Vellore Range and Intelligence Unit Tamil Nadu Police. He led the joint forces set up by [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Karnataka]] Government to apprehend the forest brigand, [[Veerappan]].<ref name="tribune">{{cite news\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001018/main2.htm\|title=SC grills govts on Veerappan\|publisher=Tribune India\|date=18 October 2000}}</ref> He also served as the vice chairman of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526191018/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=26 May 2007\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|title=Star attraction at sports event \|date=20 February 2006}}</ref> He retired from service on 31.~~7.1997~~<ref name = "WID"/>		He was a former Army officer before he sat for the IPS wherein he stood first in the order of merit. <ref>{{Cite web \|last1=Ram \|first1=Arun \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/chennaitalkies/handlebar-to-handsome-the-changing-face-of-top-cops/\|title=Handlebar to handsome: The changing face of top cops\|work=The Times of India \|access-date=30 October 2025 }}</ref>
			He curbed the Naxal menace with an iron hand during his stint as DIG/Vellore Range and Intelligence Unit Tamil Nadu Police. He led the joint forces set up by [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Karnataka]] Government to apprehend the forest brigand, [[Veerappan]].<ref name="tribune">{{cite news\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001018/main2.htm\|title=SC grills govts on Veerappan\|publisher=Tribune India\|date=18 October 2000}}</ref> He also served as the vice chairman of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526191018/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=26 May 2007\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|title=Star attraction at sports event \|date=20 February 2006}}</ref> He retired from service on 31 July 1997.<ref name = "WID"/>

	==References==		==References==

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	\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1939\|7\|20\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1939\|7\|20\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = Devikulam, Munnar, [[Kerala]]<br/>present-day [[Idukki district]]<br/>[[Kerala]], [[India]])		\| birth_place = Devikulam, Munnar, [[Kerala]]<br />present-day [[Idukki district]]<br />[[Kerala]], [[India]])
	\| occupation = [[Indian Police Service]]		\| occupation = [[Indian Police Service]]
	\| alma mater = [[Madras Christian College]], [[Annamalai University]]		\| alma mater = [[Madras Christian College]], [[Annamalai University]]
	}}		}}
	'''Walter Issac Devaram'''<ref name="WID">http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1968478/</ref> (born 20 July 1939) is a retired [[Indian Police Service]] officer. He served as the [[Director General of Police]] for the State of [[Tamil Nadu]].		'''Walter Issac Devaram'''<ref name="WID">http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1968478/ {{Bare URL inline\|date=April 2022}}</ref> (born 20 July 1939) is a retired [[Indian Police Service]] officer. He served as the [[Director General of Police]] for the State of [[Tamil Nadu]].

	He was a former Army Officer before he sat for the IPS wherein he stood first in the order of merit. He curbed the Naxal menace with an iron hand during his stint as DIG/Vellore Range and Intelligence Unit Tamil Nadu Police. He led the joint forces set up by [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Karnataka]] Government to apprehend the forest brigand, [[Veerappan]].<ref name="tribune">{{cite news\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001018/main2.htm\|title=SC grills govts on Veerappan\|publisher=Tribune India\|date=18 October 2000}}</ref> He also served as the vice chairman of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526191018/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=26 May 2007\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|title=Star attraction at sports event \|date=20 February 2006}}</ref> He retired from service on 31.7.1997<ref name = "WID"/>		He was a former Army Officer before he sat for the IPS wherein he stood first in the order of merit. He curbed the Naxal menace with an iron hand during his stint as DIG/Vellore Range and Intelligence Unit Tamil Nadu Police. He led the joint forces set up by [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Karnataka]] Government to apprehend the forest brigand, [[Veerappan]].<ref name="tribune">{{cite news\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001018/main2.htm\|title=SC grills govts on Veerappan\|publisher=Tribune India\|date=18 October 2000}}</ref> He also served as the vice chairman of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526191018/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=26 May 2007\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|title=Star attraction at sports event \|date=20 February 2006}}</ref> He retired from service on 31.7.1997<ref name = "WID"/>

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	\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1939\|7\|20\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1939\|7\|20\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[Devikulam, Munnar]], [[Kerala]]<br>present-day [[~~Kanyakumari District~~]]<br/>[[~~Tamil Nadu~~]], [[India]])		\| birth_place = Devikulam, Munnar, [[Kerala]]<br/>present-day [[Idukki district]]<br/>[[Kerala]], [[India]])
	\| occupation = [[Indian Police Service]]		\| occupation = [[Indian Police Service]]
	\| alma mater = [[Madras Christian College]], [[Annamalai University]]		\| alma mater = [[Madras Christian College]], [[Annamalai University]]
	}}		}}
			'''Walter Issac Devaram'''<ref name="WID">http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1968478/</ref> (born 20 July 1939) is a retired [[Indian Police Service]] officer. He served as the [[Director General of Police]] for the State of [[Tamil Nadu]].
	'''Walter Issac Devaram'''<ref name = "WID">http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1968478/</ref> is a retired [[Indian Police Service]] officer. He served as the [[Director General of Police]] for the State of [[Tamil Nadu]].

	He was a former Army Officer before he sat for the IPS wherein he stood first in the order of merit. He curbed the Naxal menace with an iron hand during his stint as DIG/Vellore Range and Intelligence Unit Tamil Nadu Police. He led the joint forces set up by [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Karnataka]] Government to apprehend the forest brigand, [[Veerappan]].<ref name="tribune">{{cite news\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001018/main2.htm\|title=SC grills govts on Veerappan\|publisher=Tribune India\|date=18 October 2000}}</ref> He also served as the vice chairman of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526191018/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=26 May 2007\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|title=Star attraction at sports event \|date=20 February 2006}}</ref> He retired from service on 31.7.1997<ref name = "WID"/>		He was a former Army Officer before he sat for the IPS wherein he stood first in the order of merit. He curbed the Naxal menace with an iron hand during his stint as DIG/Vellore Range and Intelligence Unit Tamil Nadu Police. He led the joint forces set up by [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Karnataka]] Government to apprehend the forest brigand, [[Veerappan]].<ref name="tribune">{{cite news\|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001018/main2.htm\|title=SC grills govts on Veerappan\|publisher=Tribune India\|date=18 October 2000}}</ref> He also served as the vice chairman of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526191018/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=26 May 2007\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|title=Star attraction at sports event \|date=20 February 2006}}</ref> He retired from service on 31.7.1997<ref name = "WID"/>

	== References ==		==References==
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	== External links ==		==External links==
	* {{cite web \|title=An exclusive interview with former Tamil Nadu DGP Walter Dawaram on the forest brigand Veerappan controversy \|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/oct/10veer.htm \|website=Rediff.com \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|date=11 October 1997}}		* {{cite web \|title=An exclusive interview with former Tamil Nadu DGP Walter Dawaram on the forest brigand Veerappan controversy \|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/oct/10veer.htm \|website=Rediff.com \|accessdate=30 October 2018 \|date=11 October 1997}}
	* [http://print.acjnewsline.org/?p=10484 W I Dewaram: the Controversial Commissioner]		* [http://print.acjnewsline.org/?p=10484 W I Dewaram: the Controversial Commissioner]

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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Walter Isaac Devaram
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|7|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Devikulam, Munnar]], [[Kerala]]<br>present-day [[Kanyakumari District]]<br/>[[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]])
| occupation = [[Indian Police Service]]
| alma mater = [[Madras Christian College]], [[Annamalai University]]
}}

'''Walter Issac Devaram'''<ref name = "WID">http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1968478/</ref> is a retired [[Indian Police Service]] officer. He served as the [[Director General of Police]] for the State of [[Tamil Nadu]].

He was a former Army Officer before he sat for the IPS wherein he stood first in the order of merit. He curbed the Naxal menace with an iron hand during his stint as DIG/Vellore Range and Intelligence Unit Tamil Nadu Police. He led the joint forces set up by [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Karnataka]] Government to apprehend the forest brigand, [[Veerappan]].<ref name="tribune">{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001018/main2.htm|title=SC grills govts on Veerappan|publisher=Tribune India|date=18 October 2000}}</ref> He also served as the vice chairman of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526191018/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/20/stories/2006022015580200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 May 2007|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Star attraction at sports event |date=20 February 2006}}</ref> He retired from service on 31.7.1997<ref name = "WID"/>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{cite web |title=An exclusive interview with former Tamil Nadu DGP Walter Dawaram on the forest brigand Veerappan controversy |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/oct/10veer.htm |website=Rediff.com |accessdate=30 October 2018 |date=11 October 1997}}
* [http://print.acjnewsline.org/?p=10484 W I Dewaram: the Controversial Commissioner]
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