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AIYAR, See also:
SIR
SIR TIRUVARUR MUTUSWAMY (1832-1895) , native See also:

INDIAN

Indian See also:

JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of the high See also:

court of See also:

MADRAS

Madras, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born of poor parents in the See also:

VILLAGE

village of Vuchuwadi, near See also:

TANJORE

Tanjore, on the 28th of See also:

JANUARY

January 1832. His widowed See also:

MOTHER

mother was forced by poverty to remove with Mutuswamy and his See also:

BROTHER

brother to Tiruvarar, where the former learnt Tamil, and soon set to See also:

WORK

work under the village accountant at a monthly See also:

SALARY

salary of one See also:

RUPEE (Hindustani rupiya, from Sanskrit rupya)

rupee. About this See also:

time he lost his mother, whose memory he cherished with reverence and See also:

AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection to the last. His See also:

DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty took him to the court-See also:

house of the tehsildar, Mr Naiken, who soon remarked his extraordinary intelligence and See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry. There was an See also:

ENGLISH

English school at Tiruvarar, where Mutuswamy managed to pick up an elementary knowledge of the English See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language. Mr Naiken then sent him to Sir See also:

Henry See also:

Montgomery's school at Madras, as a See also:

COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion to his See also:

NEPHEW

nephew, and there he won prizes and scholarships See also:

YEAR

year after year. In 1854 he won a See also:

PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize of 500 rupees offered to the students of the Madras See also:

PRESIDENCY

presidency by the See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

EDUCATION

education for the best English See also:

ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay. This success brought him to the See also:

NOTICE

notice of Sir See also:

Alexander See also:

Arbuthnot and Mr See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

Justice "See also:

HOLLOWAY, THOMAS (1800-1883)

Holloway. He was offered help to proceed to See also:

England and compete for the See also:

CIVIL

civil service, but being a See also:

BRAHMAN

Brahman and married, he declined to See also:

CROSS

cross the ocean. Instead he entered the subordinate See also:

government service, and was employed in such various posts as school-teacher, See also:

RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record-keeper in Tanjore, and in 1856 See also:

DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy-inspector of See also:

SCHOOLS

schools. At this time the Madras authorities instituted the examination for the See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of pleaders, and Mutuswamy came out first in the first examination, even beating Sir T. Madhavarao, his See also:

SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior by many years.

Mutuswamy was then appointed in See also:

SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession See also:

DISTRICT

district munsiff at See also:

TRANQUEBAR

Tranquebar, deputy-See also:

COLLECTOR

collector in Tanjore in 1859, sub-judge of See also:

south See also:

KANARA, or CANARA

Kanara in 1865, and a See also:

MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office)

magistrate of See also:

POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police at Madras in 1868. While serving in the last See also:

POST

post he passed the examination for the degree of See also:

BACHELOR (from Med. Lat. baccalarius, with its late and rare variant baccalaris—cf. Ital. baccalare—through O. Fr. bacheler)

bachelor of See also:

LAWS

laws of the See also:

LOCAL

local university., He was next employed as a judge of the Madras small causes court, until in 1878 he was raised to the See also:

BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench of the high court, which office he occupied with ability and distinction for over fifteen years, sometimes acting as the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief justice. He attended by invitation of the See also:

VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy the imperial assemblage at See also:

DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi in 1877. In 1878 he received the See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of C.I.E. and in 1893 the K.C.I.E. was conferred on him. But he did not live See also:

long to enjoy this dignity, dying suddenly in 1895. Mutuswamy was too devoted to his offical work to give much time to other pursuits. Still he took his full See also:

SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the affairs of the Madras university, of which he was nominated a See also:

FELLOW

fellow in 1872 and a See also:

SYNDIC (Late Lat. syndicus, Gr. vivv&aos, one who helps in a court of justice, an advocate, representative, crap, with, and Sirc77, justice)

syndic in 1877, and was well acquainted with English See also:

law, literature and See also:

PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy. He was through See also:

LIFE

life a staunch Brahman, devout and amiable in See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, with a See also:

TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for the See also:

ancient See also:

MUSIC

music of See also:

India and the study of the Vedas and other departments of See also:

SANSKRIT

Sanskrit literature.

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