List of Diwans of Travancore
The Diwan of Travancore was the head of government of Travancore, a princely state in South India. Appointed by the Maharaja of Travancore, the office of Diwan existed from 1729 to 1948, when it gave way to the office of Prime Minister of Travancore.
List of Diwans
- Arumukan Pillai 1729–1736
- Thanu Pillai 1736–1737
- Ramayyan Dalawa 1737–1756
- Martandan bagavathi Pillai 1756–1763
- Subbayyan Dalawa 1763–1768
- Krishna Gopalayyan Iyyer 1768–1776
- Vadiswaran Subbrahmanya Iyer 1776–1780
- Mullen Chempakaraman Pillai 1780–1782
- Nagercoil Ramayyan 1782–1788
- Krishnan Thampi 1788–1789
- Raja Kesavadas 1789–1798
- Odiery Jayanthan Sankaran Nampoothiri 1798–1799
- Velu Thampi Dalawa 1799–1809
- Oommini Thampi 1809–1811
- Col. John Munro 1811–1814
- Devan Padmanabhan Menon 1814-1814
- Bappu Rao (Acting) 1814–1815
- Sanku Annavi Pillai 1815-1815
- Raman Menon 1815–1817
- Reddy Row 1817–1821
- T. Venkata Rao 1821–1830
- Thanjavur Subha Rao 1830–1837
- Ranga Rao (Acting) 1837–1838
- T. Venkata Rao (second time) 1838–1839
- Thanjavur Subha Rao (Again) 1839–1842
- Krishna Rao (Acting) 1842–1843
- Reddy Row (second time) 1843–1845
- Srinivasa Rao (Acting) 1845–1846
- Krishna Rao 1846–1857
| Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Term[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Madhava Rao |  |
1858 | 1872 | 1 |
| A. Seshayya Sastri |  |
1872 | 1877 | 1 |
| Nanoo Pillai |  |
1877 | 1880 | 1 |
| V. Ramiengar |  |
1880 | 1887 | 1 |
| T. Rama Rao |  |
1887 | 1892 | 1 |
| S. Shungrasoobyer | 1892 | 1898 | 1 | |
| K. Krishnaswamy Rao |  |
15 April 1898 | 13 March 1904 | 1 |
| V. P. Madhava Rao |  |
14 March 1904 | 26 March 1906 | 1 |
| S. Gopalachari | |
16 August 1906 | 26 October 1907 | 1 |
| P. Rajagopalachari | 26 October 1907 | 11 May 1914 | 1 | |
| M. Krishnan Nair | |
11 May 1914 | 7 July 1920 | 1 |
| T. Raghavaiah | |
8 July 1920 | 18 May 1925 | 1 |
| M. E. Watts | |
1925 | 1929 | 1 |
| V. S. Subramanya Iyer | |
1929 | 1932 | 1 |
| Thomas Austin | |
1932 | 1934 | 1 |
| Muhammad Habibullah |  |
1934 | 1936 | 1 |
| C. P. Ramaswami Iyer |  |
1936 | 1947 | 1 |
| P. G. N. Unnithan | 1947 | 1948 | 1 | |
See also
- Prime Minister of Hyderabad
- List of Diwans of Mysore
References
- Travancore, Princely States of India, WorldStatesmen.org
- Specific
- The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
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