monarch death_date nationality birth_date signature term_end alma_mater death_place imagesize profession term_start spouse image name occupation caption predecessor birth_place office successor religion article_title
ramachandra -lrb- 1886-1894 -rrb- ayilyam thirunal of travancore tondaiman -lrb- 1878-1886 -rrb- , marthanda bhairava tondaiman 29 october 1903 british indian 22 march 1828 seshayyasastrisign.jpg 1894 1877 madras university madras presidency , india 250px statesman 1878 may 1872 sundari seshayya_sastri . jpg amaravati seshayya sastri lawyer , administrator '' portrait of sir a. seshayya sastri '' t. madhava rao tanjore , madras presidency , india diwan of pudukkottai diwan of travancore r. vedantacharlu nanoo pillai hindu a. seshayya sastri

a. seshayya sastri

sir amaravati seshayya sastri kcsi -lrb- 22 march 1828 -- 29 october 1903 -rrb- , or sashiah sastri , was an indian administrator who served as the diwan of travancore from may 1872 to 4 may 1877 and as the diwan of pudukkottai from 1878 to 1894 .
he is credited with having modernized the city of pudukkottai .
seshayya sastri was born in the village of amaravati in tanjore district , madras presidency in 1828 in a poor hindu family .
at the age of nine , seshayya sastri moved to madras city with his uncle gopala aiyer .
seshayya sastri had his schooling and higher education in madras and graduated in 1848 in first class .
in 1848 , seshayya sastri was employed as a clerk in the revenue office and rose to become tahsildar , naib sheristadar and later , head sheristadar .
in 1872 , seshayya sastri was appointed diwan of travancore and served from 1872 to 1877 , when palace intrigues forced him to quit .
seshayya sastri served as diwan of pudukkottai from 1878 to 1886 and diwan-regent from 1886 to 1894 .
he rebuilt the town of pudukkottai and created the pudukulam lake .
seshayya sastri retired from service in 1894 .
he died on 29 october 1903 at the age of 75 .
seshayya sastri was made a knight commander of the order of the star of india in 1902 .
