| Sir Kumaraswami Reddiar |
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| Minister of Education and Excise (Madras Presidency) | |
| In office October 27, 1930 – October 10, 1936 |
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| Premier | B. Munuswamy Naidu, P. T. Rajan, Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili |
| Governor | George Frederick Stanley |
| Preceded by | S. Muthiah Mudaliar |
| Succeeded by | M. A. Muthiah Chettiar |
Diwan Bahadur Sir S. Kumaraswami Reddiar (born April 24, 1876, date of death unknown) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as a minister in Madras Presidency.
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Kumaraswami Reddiar was born in Tinnevely on April 23, 1876. He was educated at the Hindu College, Tinnevely and graduated from Presidency College, Madras. He studied law at Madras Law College and practised law. He served as Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor of Tinnevely till September 1926 before joining the Justice Party in the late 1920s.
Kumaraswami Reddiar was elected to the Madras Legislative Council on a Justice Party ticket in 1930.
Kumaraswami Reddiar resigned his ministry post due to ill-health in 1936 and he was replaced with Muthiah Chettiar in a move to wipe out differences in the party.[1]