V. K. Thiruvenkatachari

Vangal Krishnamachari Thiruvenkatachari
Vangal Krishnamachari Thiruvenkatachari
Advocate General of Madras State
	In office; 1950–1964
Preceded by	K. Rajah Iyer
Succeeded by	N. Krishnaswami Reddy
Personal details
Born	30 January 1904
Died	23 January 1984 (aged 79)

Vangal Krishnamachari Thiruvenkatachari (30 January 1904 – 23 January 1984) was an Indian lawyer who served as the Advocate-General of Madras State from 1951 to 1964. He was the eldest son of Indian civil servant Sir V. T. Krishnamachari.

Early life and education[edit]

Thiruvenkatachari was born in Srirangam to V. T. Krishnamachari and his wife Rangammal on 30 January 1904. He was the second child and the eldest son of the couple. Thiruvenkatachari was educated at Presidency College, Madras and studied law at the Madras Law College. On completion of his education, Thiruvenkatachari worked as a junior under S. Srinivasa Iyengar and Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar. In 1950, the newly constituted Republic of India consulted him on the Companies Act.

Other activities[edit]

Apart from law, Thiruvenkatachari was also instrumental in the founding of the Vivekananda College, Vidya Mandir, and the Voluntary Health Service.

Family[edit]

Thiruvenkatachari married Padmini (1910–1995). The couple had two children:

Sita Narasimhan
T. Krishnan

References[edit]

"Descendants of Satagopa Iyengar". V. L. Vijayaraghavan.

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