Nittoor Srinivasa Rau

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Nittoor Srineevasa Rau
Born(1903-08-24)August 24, 1903
DiedAugust 12, 2004(2004-08-12) (aged 100)
Alma mater
Mysore High Court
In office
29 March 1962 – 7 August 1963

Nittoor Srinivasa Rao or Nittur Srinivasa Rao (24 August 1903 – 12 August 2004)

Kannada language.[2][3]

Early and personal life

Nittoor Srinivasa Rau was born in

C.K.Nagaraja Rao, a noted Kannada
litterateur who was nurtured and mentored by Rau.

As per Indian tradition, Rau's parents arranged a suitable match for him, and he was married in 1923 at the age of 20 to his very young wife who was 14 to his first cousin Padmamma, daughter of his maternal uncle M. N. Krishna Rao. The marriage was entirely harmonious and conventional and lasted all their lives. They had four children, two sons and two daughters. The couple's elder son, N.S. Chandrasekhara, was a Senior Advocate, Littérateur and noted historian of

Jayachamaraja Wodeyar. She was married, in a match arranged by Rau in the traditional Indian way, to Dr. Visvanatha Premanand, a gentleman of their own community and similar social background. Dr. Premanand, a physicist, took his PhD from the Sorbonne in France and is a professor at the University of Minnesota.[5] Rau's younger daughter, Lalita, worked as a teacher of the visually impaired for many years before she retired to spend time with her grandchildren. She was married to the world renowned physicist Prof. E. C. George Sudarshan
.

Education

Rau did his initial schooling in

Bachelor of Law in 1927.[1]
his life inspiring

Public life

Law

After completing his degree in law, Nittoor Srinivasa Rau returned to Bangalore and started his career as a lawyer. In 1952, he was chosen as the first chairman of the Mysore state Bar council.

Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court in 1961. When the Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, started the Central Vigilance Commission of India in February 1964 to check corruption, he chose Nittoor Srinivasa Rau as the first Central Vigilance Commissioner of India.[2]

Freedom Movement

When he turned 18, Nittoor Srinivasa Rau joined the

U. S. Mallya
.

Influence of Gandhi

In the early 1920s, he was influenced by the principles of Mahatma Gandhi, and when Gandhi visited Bangalore in 1927, Nittoor Srinivasa Rao took permission from him to translate his autobiography into Kannada. He and his wife assumed the title Ibbaru Kannadigaru and started translating the autobiography, which was then published in the form of a serial in the Kannada newspapers, Vishwa Karnataka and Lokmata.[1] He named the translation as Satyashodhana (In pursuit of truth). To promote the Gandhian principles, he became the president of Karnataka Gandhi Smaaraka Nidhi (Karnataka Gandhi Memorial Trust) and Gandhi Peace Foundation. He also started a khadi unit to promote the use of khadi.

Literature

Nittoor Srinivasa Rau became a member of the

The Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs. In 1975, he became an honorary secretary of the institute and continued in the post for sometime whereafter he bequeathed the post to eminent journalist, writer and social activist S. R. Ramaswamy. He also worked towards introducing Kannada as a medium of instruction in schools to educate a large population of students who may not know English.[4]

Later years

Even in his later years, Nittoor Srinivasa Rau continued to take interest in the activities of the Gokhale institute. The

percussive arts.[9]
He passed 100 years in 2003, and died on 12 August 2004, 12 days short of his 101st birthday.

See also

  • C. K. Nagaraja Rao
    , Rao's nephew and protege.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Veena Bharathi. "The uncrowned visionary". Online Edition of The Deccan Herald, dated 2004-08-24. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
  2. ^ a b c d A Jayaram (13 August 2004). "A friend who will be missed by everyone". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 23 December 2004. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
  3. ^ Gopal K Kadekodi. "Obituary – Nittoor Srinivas Rau" (PDF). Online webpage of the Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bangalore. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
  4. ^ a b Mala Kumar. "As sharp as ever". Online Edition of The Hindu, dated 30 September 2002. Archived from the original on 19 November 2002. Retrieved 3 September 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "The Premanand Legacy".
  6. ^ Geetha Rao (15 August 2003). "I-Day, through eyes old and young". Online Edition of The Times of India, dated 15 August 2003. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
  7. ^ "Intellectuals must lead the way: CM". The Times of India. 18 April 2002. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
  8. ^ Meera John (15 September 2002). "Greying and over the edge". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2007.
  9. ^ "Remembering Nittoor". Retrieved 17 May 2014.
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