M. Subbaraya Aiyar

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M. Subbaraya Aiyar (1885 –1963) was a prominent income tax lawyer and philanthropist born in Marayur, Tanjore District in the old Madras Presidency, then British India. He started from humble beginnings in the village of Marayur and moved to Madras (now Chennai) as a small boy. He was educated at the Madras Christian College and the Law College in Madras and became a High Court lawyer in 1910 under the law firm headed by C. P. Ramaswami Iyer. Aiyar was later associated with Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer. After a successful practice in Income Tax Law, Aiyar co-founded three educational institutions: The Vivekananda College, Vidya Mandir both of Mylapore and the Madras Institute of Technology in Chromepet, Madras.