Raghunatha Pallavarayar: Difference between revisions

Raghunatha Pallavarayar served as a member of the [[Pudukkottai Legislative Council|Pudukkottai State Council]] from 1898 to 1909. In 1909, he was appointed Chief Minister or [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] of Pudukkottai and served till 1922, under his younger brother, the Raja of Pudukkottai. In 1922, when [[Martanda Bhairava Tondaiman]] formally gave up the administration of the state and agree to remain as "Raja" in title only, he appointed Raghunatha Pallavarayar to rule the state. When six-year-old [[Rajagopala Tondaiman]] succeeded to the throne on the death of Martanda Bhairava Tondaiman on 28 May 1928, Raghunatha Pallavarayar continued as regent formally relinquishing his office in February 1929, with the appointment of a regency council by the Government of India.<ref>{{cite book|title=Manul Of Pudukkottai State Volume II Part I|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.chennai.145/mode/2up?q=|year=1907|pages=[https://archive.org/details/dli.chennai.145/page/n447/mode/1up 447]}}</ref><ref name=DM>{{cite book|title=Manul Of Pudukkottai State Volume II Part I|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.chennai.145/mode/2up?q=|year=1907|pages=[https://archive.org/details/dli.chennai.145/page/n383/mode/2up?q=383]}}</ref>