Do you know
about this Palghat Brahmin
who is respectfully remembered
by the city of Bangalore
Compiled by
P.R.Ramachander
Kumarapuram Seshadri ayyar (1845 -1901) was the son of anathakrishna iyer and his venkatalakshmi and was
from Kumarapuram village . His father was working in Calicut
as a lawer ,But unfortunately his father died before he was one year old .His step brother
who was only 20 at that time looked after him .Seshadri Ayyar after very great struggle studied in Cocjhin,
Calicut and then completed his BA from Presidency college , Madras.He was working in Calicut port as a clerk and was identified for his brilliance and sincerity by the dewan of mysore who appointed him as a judicial
secretary in Mysore kingdom.After serving in various divisions of the government and after
completing his BL in 1883 ,m
he was appointed as the second Dewan of
Mysore and for 18 years he worked in
that post,. His period was considered
as a golden period in theadministration of Mysore
.He was the man responsible for
-Intitiating
sivana samudram project which
generated power for KOlar Gold fields
- rebuilding
Bangalore after the plague
by degongesting the roads
- Staring
construction of new localities Malleswaram and Basavangudi
-Initiating water
works at Hessarghata lake for
water supply to Bangalore city
-Commissioning the glass
house ar lalbaugh
After his death ,his residence
Kumara Kripa was converted in to the state guest house
and the grateful state
of Karnataka named one of
the cities new extensions as SEshadripuram
and named the state central library after
him and erected a statue
of him in cubbon park front of the library building,. There is also
a SEshadri road
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