Rao family
The Tanjore Row, or Thanjavur Rao family,[1] also known as the Reddy Royars, was a Tamil-Marathi Deshastha Brahmin clan from Tanjore who distinguished themselves in civil administration in the nineteenth century and thereafter.[2][3] Originally migrant to Tamil lands in the train of Vyankoji Bhosale, Maratha general and half-brother to Shivaji, they established themselves in the resulting small Thanjavur Maratha kingdom in a civil capacity, extending their civil service to the British after Serfoji II yielded the management of his realms,[4] with scions consequently becoming Dewans of Travancore (four members), Indore (two members), Hyderabad & Berar, Baroda, and Mysore.
Gallery
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Rai Raghunatha Rao -
Raja Sir T. Madhava Rao, -
Sir T. Ananda Rao -
T. Rama Rao -
Rai Raya Rai Venkata Rao -
Rao Saheb Udarasiromani T. Padmanabha Rao -
Rao Saheb T. Sambamurthi Rao
Members
- Diwan Bahadur Rai Raghunatha Rao - Diwan of Indore
- Rai Raya Rai T. Venkata Rao - Diwan of Travancore, of Hyderabad & Berar
- Rai T. Ranga Rao - Diwan of Travancore
- Raja Sir T. Madhava Rao - Diwan of Travancore, of Indore, and of Baroda
- Sir T. Ananda Rao - Diwan of Mysore
- T. Rama Rao - Diwan of Travancore
- Rao Saheb Udarasiromani T. Padmanabha Rao
- Rao Saheb T. Sambamurthi Rao
Sources
- ^ Moona, Suresh (2019-08-08). "The austere dewan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
- ^ Naik, Priya (2020-06-05), "All the king's men: Regal ministers of eclipsed empires in India", Monarchies and decolonisation in Asia, Manchester University Press, pp. 22–43, ISBN 978-1-5261-4270-2, retrieved 2024-03-15
- ^ "Introduction". The Progressive Maharaja: xxvi–xcii. 2022-08-01. doi:10.1093/oso/9780197657560.002.0010.
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