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Mariadas Ruthnaswamy (1885–1977) was a leading educationalist, statesman and a writer in Madras (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu), India. He was educated in Secunderabad, Hyderabad and in Cuddalore in the then Madras Presidency he went on to study in Oxford and Cambridge, ultimately qualifying as a barrister at Gray's Inn, London. In his political career Ruthnaswamy was a Councillor for the Corporation of Madras, then a member of the Madras Legislative Council, being appointed President of the Council in September 1925 after the death of L. D. Swamikannu Pillai. He held office until the following election, in November 1926. He later served on the Madras Service Commission,as Member and later chairman, was nominated as a member of the Central Legislative Assembly, and after independence nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha (1968–74). He was initially associated with the Justice Party, and after it was dissolved remained independent until he joined the newly formed Swatantra Party.〔H.E. Erdman "The Swatantra Party and Indian conservatism" Pg 132 & 133 Cambridge University Press (2007)〕 From 1942 to 1948 he was the Vice-Chancellor of Annamalai University.〔http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/download/B-Section/Calender_April03_1/preliminary.pdf〕 ==Early life and education== Ruthnaswamy's education started at St.Anne's school, Secunderabad, later went on to matriculate at St. Joseph's College, Cuddalore in 1903 and then completing his graduation from Nizam's College, Hyderabad in 1907. Both at school and college he on several occasions was declared as the best orator, he was prominent in cultural activities too. Soon after he left for England securing admission in Jesus College, Oxford in 1907 and later shifted to University of Cambridge to complete his History Tripos in 1910. At the same time he enrolled himself in Gray's Inn (1907–1910) and returned to India as Barrister-at-Law (Bar at Law) in 1911.He was determined not to practice Law in spite of compulsion from his father Rai Bahadur M.I.Ruthnaswamy 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mariadas Ruthnaswamy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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