S. Gopalachari

Sarukkai Gopalachari
Diwan of Travancore
In office
1906–1907
Monarch Moolam Thirunal
Preceded by V. P. Madhava Rao
Succeeded by P. Rajagopalachari

Diwan Bahadur Sarukkai Gopalachari (b. 16 August 1850), or Gopalacharyar, was an Indian lawyer and administrator who served as the Diwan of Travancore between 1906 and 1907.

Early life

Gopalachari was born into a Vaishnavite Brahmin family in Sarukkai, Madras Presidency in the year 1850.[1] He graduated in law and worked as a vakil in Madurai before being appointed a sub-judge on March 21, 1885.[1] In June 1903, he was confirmed as officiating district and sessions judge. Gopalachari was serving as District Judge of Tinnevely when he was appointed Diwan of Travancore in 1906.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jeffrey, Robin (1976). The decline of Nayar dominance: society and politics in Travancore, 1847-1908. Holmes & Meier Publishers. p. 337. ISBN 0841901848, ISBN 978-0-8419-0184-1.