Runganadhan was born to Reverend C. Runganadhan of the London Missionary Society. In 1908, he entered the Madras Provincial Educational Service, and was promoted to the Indian Educational Service in 1921, which had hitherto been mainly reserved for British educationists.[1] He married Leila Rau, daughter of K. Krishna Rau of Madras, and had a son and a daughter. From 1929 to 1935, he served as Vice-Chancellor of Annamalai University, in which capacity he was a delegate to the Congress of the Universities of the Empire, held in Edinburgh in 1931. He was subsequently Vice-Chancellor of Madras University from 1937 to 1940. He was president of the Indian Christian Association of Madras and vice-president of the All-India Christian Conference. In 1938, he was elected a member of the upper house of the Legislative Council of the Madras Presidency, serving until 1940, when he became the adviser to the Secretary of State for India. In 1938-1939, he was the Chairman of the Inter-Universities Board of India.[4]
Conferred the title of Diwan Bahadur in 1937, Runganadhan was knighted in the 1943 New Year Honours list and appointed the last High Commissioner for India in May 1943.[1][5][6] During his tenure as High Commissioner, he raised £40,000 to aid victims of the Bengal Famine.[1] He was a delegate to the Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations in December 1942, and the leader of the Indian delegations to the 1945 International Labour Conference (Paris), the 1946 Conference (Montreal) and to the Paris Peace Conference in 1946, signing the peace treaties on behalf of India.[1][7] He retired as High Commissioner in April 1947, shortly before Indian independence, and died in Bangalore, aged 88.
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^ abcde"Sir Samuel Runganadhan: Former Indian High Commissioner". The Times. 23 November 1966.
^"The British Commonwealth – India and Dependencies: Government and Constitution," pg. 112, The Statesman's Year Book, 1946, Epstein. Macmillan. London 1946
^"The British Commonwealth - India and Dependencies: Government and Constitution," pg. 112, The Statesman's Year Book, 1946, Epstein. Macmillan. London 1946
runganadhan, dewan, bahadur, samuel, ebenezer, runganadhan, also, ranganathan, december, 1877, november, 1966, indian, educationist, served, successively, vice, chancellor, annamalai, university, madras, university, last, high, commissioner, india, from, 1943,. Dewan Bahadur Sir Samuel Ebenezer Runganadhan also Ranganathan 30 December 1877 7 November 1966 1 2 was an Indian educationist who served successively as Vice Chancellor of Annamalai University and Madras University and as the last High Commissioner for India from 1943 to 1947 3 Life editRunganadhan was born to Reverend C Runganadhan of the London Missionary Society In 1908 he entered the Madras Provincial Educational Service and was promoted to the Indian Educational Service in 1921 which had hitherto been mainly reserved for British educationists 1 He married Leila Rau daughter of K Krishna Rau of Madras and had a son and a daughter From 1929 to 1935 he served as Vice Chancellor of Annamalai University in which capacity he was a delegate to the Congress of the Universities of the Empire held in Edinburgh in 1931 He was subsequently Vice Chancellor of Madras University from 1937 to 1940 He was president of the Indian Christian Association of Madras and vice president of the All India Christian Conference In 1938 he was elected a member of the upper house of the Legislative Council of the Madras Presidency serving until 1940 when he became the adviser to the Secretary of State for India In 1938 1939 he was the Chairman of the Inter Universities Board of India 4 Conferred the title of Diwan Bahadur in 1937 Runganadhan was knighted in the 1943 New Year Honours list and appointed the last High Commissioner for India in May 1943 1 5 6 During his tenure as High Commissioner he raised 40 000 to aid victims of the Bengal Famine 1 He was a delegate to the Conference of the Institute of Pacific Relations in December 1942 and the leader of the Indian delegations to the 1945 International Labour Conference Paris the 1946 Conference Montreal and to the Paris Peace Conference in 1946 signing the peace treaties on behalf of India 1 7 He retired as High Commissioner in April 1947 shortly before Indian independence and died in Bangalore aged 88 References edit a b c d e Sir Samuel Runganadhan Former Indian High Commissioner The Times 23 November 1966 National Portrait Gallery The British Commonwealth India and Dependencies Government and Constitution pg 112 The Statesman s Year Book 1946 Epstein Macmillan London 1946 pg 2631 Who s Who 1960 The London Gazette 1 January 1943 The British Commonwealth India and Dependencies Government and Constitution pg 112 The Statesman s Year Book 1946 Epstein Macmillan London 1946 pg 2631 Who s Who 1960 Diplomatic posts Preceded byAzizul Haque High Commissioner for India1943 1947 Succeeded byM K Vellodi acting Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title S E Runganadhan amp oldid 1207037249, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
