List of Diwans of Travancore

The Diwan or Dewan of Travancore was the head of government of Travancore in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, serving at the pleasure of the Maharaja, corresponding to a prime minister, and consisting in the formal titles Valiya Sarvadhikaryakar and Dalawa until the insurrection of Velu Thampi Dalawa and administrative reforms of John Munro. Post-Munro, the title of Dalawa, which remained formally the highest ranking established office, though administratively impotent, was revived as a sinecure to sideline Raman Menon and remove him from the Diwanship. The office of Diwan existed until 1948, when it gave way to the office of Prime Minister of Travancore.

List of Diwans

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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

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References

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  1. ^ The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period