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V. N. Viswanatha Rao

Indian civil servant and statesman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

V. N. Viswanatha Rao
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Diwan Bahadur Raya Vallur Nott Viswanatha Rao CIE was an Indian civil servant and statesman who served as Finance Secretary, Law Secretary,[1] and Education Secretary[2] of the Madras Presidency,[3] as well as in the Legislative Council of Madras,[4] and as Collector of Tinnevelly,[5] and of Tanjore.[6]

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Diwan Bahadur Secretary VN Viswanatha Rao

His early days in civil service marked him as variously Statistical Assistant and then Personal Assistant to the Director of Agriculture, Madras Presidency.[7]

He was son-in-law to Sir C. V. Kumaraswami Sastri,[8] brother to Madras judge V. N. Ramanatha Rao,[9] nephew to C. V. Viswanatha Sastri and C. P. Ramaswami Iyer, and father to jurist, tehsildar, and historian V. N. Srinivasa Rao.[10]

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