DR.
DR. C.P. RAMASWAMI AIYAR
1879 –1966
MILESTONES
“Thespirit of Indian Culture is a spirit based on courage, it is a spirit with avision of an eternal immutable law governing all the processes of Universe,from the nebula down to the worm and the rock. It is a culture whichpostulates continuity of existence and experience as the essence of theuniversal law. And finally, it exhorts everyone to pursue unflinchinglythe truth as he sees it. Ultimately, by means of the apperception of thattruth, will come also the realisation of the other basic idea - that there isno distinction between you and me and Brahman".
"In the ultimate analysis, culture involves a vividawareness of the meaning of life, a conspectus of the world's problems in theproper order and relative importance and the deliberate choice of things thatare really worthwhile".
Dr.C.P. RAMASWAMI AIYAR
12.11.1879 | Born on Deepavali Day at Wandiwash, North Arcot about twohours before dawn. Only child of C.R. Pattabhirama Aiyar, City CivilJudge, and Seethalakshmi Ammal (Rangammal). |
1895 | Married Seethammal, daughter of C.V. SundaraSastri and sister of Justice Sir C.V. Kumaraswami Sastri, Judge,Madras High Court. |
Three sons - C.R. Pattabhi Raman, C.R. Venkatasubbanand C.R. Sundaram – were born to C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar andSeethammal. | |
Educated in Wesley College, High School, Madras. BiblePrizeman - Peter Cater prize. | |
B.A., Presidency College - First Class and Gold medallistin English, Mathematics and Sanskrit; Double graduate - B.A., Madras LawCollege. | |
Endeavoured to become an Assistant Professor inPresidency College, but advised against it by his father. | |
1903-1916 | Enrolled as Vakil and soon became leader of the OriginalSide of Madras High Court; was engaged in several important cases;appeared and won in Besant Vs. Narayaniah (guardianship case against Dr.Besant for custody of J. Krishnamurthi by his father); appeared in theAshe murder case; helped and supported, along with Dr. Besant, SubramanyaBharathi, Siva and also V.O. Chidambaram Pillai in his shipping company -a pioneering Indian shipping venture. |
Member, Madras Corporation, where he took active interestfor several terms. His work as Corporator is referred to in J.C. Molony'sbook on Madras. | |
1916-1918 | Secretary of the All India Home Rule League; was aboutto be interned along with Dr. Besant, Dr. Arundale and Wadia inOotacamund; Messrs Telang, M.A. Jinnah, Kanji Dwarakadas, MotilalNehru, Rajah of Mahmoodabad, Bhagawandass, C.R. Das, Hasan Imam, Omer Sobani, Satchitananda Sinha, Sri Prakasa, Jawaharlal Nehru,Manjeri Rama Iyer, Ranganatha Mudaliar andothers collaborate in the Home Rule Leagueactivities. |
Edited NEW INDIA during Dr.Besant's internment and for some time thereafter; stood suretyfor BANDEMATARAM Newspaper (connected with Sri Aurobindo Ghosh and others), Calcutta, when, under the Press Act, securityproceedings were started against it During this period, hetravelled extensively throughout India, Ceylon and Burma. | |
1917-1918 | Secretary of the Indian National Congress. Later he andPandit Jawaharlal Nehru were Joint Secretaries |
1918 | Fellow of the Madras University and Member of theSyndicate. |
1919 | One of the first High Court vakils to be enrolled as anAdvocate of the Madras High Court. |
Earliest to initiate Writ procedure in High Court, Madras:G.A. Natesan Vs. University of Madras and Dr. Annie Besant Vs. Governmentof Madras. | |
1919 | Declined Judgeship of the Madras High Court, making thefamous statement, "I prefer to talk nonsense for a short while,to hearing it all day long" in his letter thanking theChief Justice of Madras for the offer. |
1919 | Elected as Member of the Legislative Council under theReformed Constitution from Madras City. |
1920 | Advocate-General for the Presidency of Madras. He was oneof the youngest men to become official leader of the Bar inpre-Independent India. |
1921-1923 | Guided the enactment of several Acts, including the CityMunicipalities Act, the Madras Local Boards Act, etc. Presided over thefirst All India Lawyers' Conference at Allahabad, where he suggested abenevolent fund for Lawyers. |
Provincial Commissioner of Boy Scouts and presided over thefirst All- India Scout and Guide Jamboree in Madras; Recipient of SilverWolf. Highest award for the Scouts - Secured Wenlock Park on theMarina Beach for Scout and Guide headquarters; also at Coonoor. | |
1923-1928 | Law Member of the Executive Council, Government of Madras,first during Lord Willingdon's and later during Lord Goschen'sGovernership; in charge of Law, Police, Irrigation and Ports, Electricityetc. Initiated Bhavani project and Cochin, Tuticorin and VisakhapatnamPort Schemes. |
Responsible for the Mettur, Pykara projects. He was calledthe “Father of Hydro-Electricity” in South India. Processed Tungabhadra Project in spite of opposition from the Nizam's Government. | |
Spoke about the plan for linking up the Ganges and, at alater stage, the Brahmaputra, with the Cauvery river. Later, in 1954, hegave a Scheme to the Government of India at their request. | |
1926 | Knight Commander of the Indian Empire (KCIE), a titleconferred on him by the British. |
1926-1927 | India's Delegate at the League of Nations, Geneva. |
Rapporteur of the League of Nations Committee on PublicHealth, Geneva. | |
1927 | Member of the Executive Council, Government ofMadras. |
Inaugurated the Madras Music Academy, one of theoutstanding music organisations in India. | |
1928-1931 | Stood for election and was elected first to the LegislativeAssembly at Delhi and, later, to the Council of State. |
He thus completed successful elections to the MadrasUniversity, Madras Corporation, Madras Legislative Council,Legislative Assembly at Delhi and Council of State, Delhi. | |
1928-1936 | Resumed Law Practice; appeared for Pandit MotilalNehru in the defamation case against C.S. Ranga Iyer; appearedfor the Maharajah of Patiala and Nawab of Bhopal and advised several otherprinces such as Maharajah Holkar of Indore, Maharajah of Kashmir andothers. |
1931 | Delegate to the First Indian Round Table Conference inLondon |
1931 | Law Member, Government of India. Played an important partin Mahatma Gandhi attending the Second Round Table Conference. |
1932 | Delegate to the Third Round Table Conference. |
1932 | Member for Commerce, Industries, and Railways of theGovernment of India and Leader of the Council of State. Strove to abolishthe traditional division of Indian army personnel into "martial andnon-martial races". |
1932-1936 | Constitutional Adviser to the Maharajah ofTravancore. |
1933 | Member of the Joint Select Committee of the BritishParliament, which considered Indian Reforms. |
1933 | Sole Indian delegate to the World Economic Conference. |
1934 | Drafted a Constitution for Kashmir. |
1936-1947 | Dewan (Chief Minister) of Travancore. |
He was instrumental in introducing the Temple EntryProclamation promulgated in 1936 by the Maharajah of Travancore. This wasthe first step taken in India to abolish untouchability by directgovernment action. Mahatma Gandhi expressed great satisfaction andaddressed meetings throughout Travancore praising him. | |
As Dewan, he initiated the Pechipara Hydro-electric Scheme,the Periyar Game Sanctuary and other irrigation projects. He inauguratedmany industries including the Fertiliser and Chemicals, Travancore (FACT),Travancore Rayon, Cement, Aluminium, etc. He enlarged and reorganisedlaminated wood furniture and screw pine industries. He introduced, for the firsttime, graded agricultural income tax and abolished land revenue; heexpanded the Pallivasal Hydro-Electric Project. | |
The Maharaja conferred on him the new title ofSachivottama , which means “Supreme Counsellor of the King” inSanskrit as a token of his warm appreciation of his loyalty anddevotion. | |
He revived Maharajah Swati Tirunal’s compositions andhelped in founding the Swati Tirunal Academy at Trivandrum. | |
Renovated and added land (acquired by the TravancoreGovernment) to Sankara's birth place and temple on the river bank atKalady. Here he received His Holiness Chandrasekara Bharathi Swamigal ofSringeri. His Holiness stayed at Kalady for some months at hisrequest. | |
Did pioneering work for the Vivekananda Rock at CapeComorin and built guesthouses at Kanyakumari. He renovated thePadmanabhapuram Palace of Marthanda Varma's days (now a museum) andexpanded the Trivandrum Art Gallery. | |
Founder and First Vice-Chancellor of the TravancoreUniversity. Established the Marine Biological Institute; organized mineralsands, rare earth and titanium products industries. | |
1939 | Awarded honorary L.L.D. degree by the TravancoreUniversity. |
1939 | Shashtiabdapoorthy (sixtieth birthday) |
On the occasion of his Shashtiabdapoorthi, he gave up allimmovable and other inherited properties to the members of his family andhis relations in distress; he donated properties and amounts worth aboutRupees five lakhs to charities, some of which formed part of the SamavedaPatasala Trust, Kancheepuram, founded by his son C.R. Pattabhi Raman underthe trusteeship of His Holiness Sankaracharya Swamigal of Kanchi KamakotiPeetam. | |
He gave Rs.50,000/- to the Travancore University,Rs.25,000/- to the Madras University and Rs.25, 000/- in Trustfor Indological studies. | |
Formed the first Lawyers' Provident Fund to help indigentlawyers who had fallen on bad days and donated Rs.35, 000/- for the Fundto the Madras Advocates' Association. He was the first in India toenvisage and establish such a found. (He had referred to this scheme whendelivering the presidential address to the All India Lawyers' Conference in Allahabad in 1921). | |
1939-1940 | Appeared for the State of Travancore in the PeriyarArbitration Case. He was opposed by Sri Alladi KrishnaswamiIyer, Advocate-General of Madras. The award by the Umpire was in favour ofTravancore. Periyar Project enlarged thereafter. |
1940 | First to nationalize road transport in India andresponsible for the construction of the first cement concrete road fromTrivandrum to Cape Comorin. First in India to start aluminium, ceramic,fertilizer, rayon and other industries with major governmentcollaboration. |
First to abolish capital punishment. | |
First to introduce adult franchise. | |
First to appoint a lady advocate – Mrs. Anna Chandy - asDistrict Judge. She later became the first Indian woman High CourtJudge. | |
First to introduce free mid-day meal scheme for poorchildren. He inaugurated the Vanchi Poor Fund and Seetha Lakshmi AmmalAnna Dhana Samajam (named after his mother). | |
Started extensive tapioca cultivation. | |
Steps taken for storing of rice in modern godowns to meetthe food crisis during World War II. Procured rice from various sourcesincluding Burma to avoid shortages. | |
1941 | The British conferred the title Knight Commander of theStar of India (KCSI) on him. |
1942 | Member of the Governor-General's Council for Informationand Broadcasting, Government of India. |
Resigned in August after 17 days in office ondiffering from the Government of the day and by way of protest against thenon-supply of newspapers to Gandhiji and inability to meet Gandhiji duringthe later's detention. | |
1945 | One of the Founders of the Vivekananda College, Mylapore,and gave a personal donation of Rs.20, 000/- |
Agreed to be Vice-President of Kalakshetra at the requestof Smt. Rukmini Devi; | |
Chairman Mahamahopadhyaya U.V. Swaminadha Iyer library& manuscripts collection; | |
Patron of the Besant Theosopical High School. alongwith Rabindranath Tagore | |
1946 | Resigned from Dewanship of Travancore but was persuaded toreturn. |
1947 | Attempt made on his life by conspirators in response to theMaharaja’s refusal to accede to the Indian Union. |
Resigned from Dewanship of Travancore | |
1948 | Returned the titles K.C.S.I. and KCIE in a letter to theGovernor-General. |
1948 | Visited U.S.A. and South America on a lecture tour on Hinduphilosophy and Indian culture. |
1949-1950 | Professor of the American Academy of Asian Studies atCalifornia. Lectured at the Yale, Stanford, Berkley, and otherUniversities on Indian Philosophy and Culture and other subjects. |
1949 | Delegate to the East West Philosophical Congress atHonolulu. |
1950 | Delegate to the International PEN conference. |
1950 | On the invitation of the British Council, visitedindustrial and university centres in Great Britain. |
1951 | Delegate to the PEN conference. |
1952 | Visited Australia and New Zealand. |
1952 | Rotary Governor. |
26.1.1955 | Vice-Chancellor, Annamalai University. At therequest of the Government of India, accepted Vice-Chancellorship ofBanaras Hindu University also. (First person in India to beVice-Chancellor of two Universities at the same time). |
Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Library Building opened inAnnamalai Nagar, Chidambaram. | |
1.7.1954 to 3.7.1956 | Vice-Chancellor of the Banaras Hindu University. |
1953 | Member of the Indian Press Commission. |
1955 | Leader of the Indian Universities Delegation to China. Senta report to Government on the political situation in China and her policyvis-à-vis India, predicting the India-China fallout. His report wasignored by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. |
1955 | Member of the University Grants Commission, laterChairman. |
1955 | Awarded Honorary D. Litt. Degree by the AnnamalaiUniversity. |
1956 | Awarded Honorary LL. D. Degree by the Banaras University. Delegate to the International P.E.N.Conference. |
1956 | Delivered Maharaja Sayaji Rao Lecture, Baroda. |
1957 | Awarded Honorary D. Litt. Degree by the MadrasUniversity. |
1959 | Shathabhishekam (80th birthday). Apublication C.P. at 80 - an appreciation of his life and work- was brought out by his admirers, with contributions from several eminentscholars. |
1960 | Awarded Honorary LL. D. Degree by the University of Mysore. |
1960-1962 | Chairman of the Hindu Religious Endowment Commission, Government ofIndia. |
His report is still an authority on temples, maths and pujavidhis. | |
1961 | Member of the Punjab Commission, Government of India. |
1962 | Chairman of the National Integration Committee onRegionalism, Government of India. As a result of the report, Parliamentpassed a Bill making the demand for secession an offence. |
1962 | Chairman of the Standing Committee on University Education,Government of India. |
1962 | Delivered the inaugural Chitale Lecture of the Universityof Madras. |
14.11.62 | Assumed charge, for the second time, as Vice-Chancellor ofAnnamalai University. |
1963 | Delegate to the Commonwealth Universities Conference. |
1965 | President of the Inter-University Board of India and Ceylonand Chairman of its Standing Committee. |
1965 | Delivered the first Malaviya Memorial Lectures at theBanaras Hindu University. |
Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Hostel opened in Banaras,as also a new temple in the University Campus, with Panchamukha(five-faced) Shiva Linga and Devi, sculptured in Madras. | |
1965 | Represented the Inter-University Board of India and Ceylonat the Quinennial Conference of the International Association ofUniversities at Tokyo. |
13.11.1965 | Delivered the Convocation address of the AnnamalaiUniversity. |
8.1.1966 | Delivered the Rajaji birthday Lecture at the GokhaleInstitute of Public Affairs at Bangalore |
13.9.1966 | Left for England to deliver lectures in Oxford and Londonand to inaugurate Mahatma Gandhi Institute as also to collect materialfrom the India office and the British Museum, London, for his book "A History of My Times". (Four completed chapters appeared inBharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Journal from October 1967, after hisdeath). |
26.9.1966 | Passed away suddenly and peacefully, sitting in anarmchair, at the National Liberal Club in London at about 11.30 a.m. |
7.10.1966 | THE C.P. RAMASWAMI AIYAR FOUNDATION, a cultural andeducational centre for organising and administering studies and researchin subjects dear to the heart of Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar founded by hisfriends and admirers as a registered society. The family house, "TheGrove", belonging to his eldest son C.R. Pattabhi Raman was gifted by himto the Foundation in 1968. |
Other milestones | |
1903-1921 | Trustee, Pachiappa's College Trust and, along with Dr.Annie Besant, acquired present grounds for building the Chetput hostel;Sri Masilamani Pillai, later High Court Judge, assisted him inthe Pachayappa's College Trust. |
Founder of Soma Sundara Kanya Vidyalaya (S.S.K.V.)Girls' High School, Kancheepuram. | |
Founder of Y.M.I.A. Madras. | |
Trustee of Madras Sanskrit College, Mylapore. | |
First President of the Chintadripet High School; Activemember Madras Anjuman Muslim Association and Society for Prevention ofCruelty to Animals. | |
Won prizes for gardening as member of MadrasAgri-horticultural Society. | |
A keen rider and good horseman; tennis player andDoubles champion, M.U.C. | |
One of the Founders of the Indian Bank Ltd. & its firstDirector - the building & property stand in his name. | |
One of the founders along with Ramaswami Iyengar and C.Ramanujachariar of the Ramakrishna Poor Home - later becameRamakrishna Students Home. | |
Helped and supported Dr. Pattabhi Sitharamayya in hiswork in the Andhra Jatheeya Kalasala founded by Hanumantha Rao atMasulipatam, Andhra Pradesh. |
Gazette extraordinaryissued on 10th March 1928 on Mr. C.P.Ramaswami Aiyar relinquishing office asMember and Vice-President of the Governor's Executive Council, Madras.
PUBLIC DEPARTMENT
G.O.No.240 Dated10th March1928
Readthe following papers:-
O R D E R
The following notifications will be published in the Fort St. George Gazette as a Gazette Extraordinary:-
NOTIFICATIONS
I
Whereas the Honorable SirChetput Pattabhirama Ramaswami Ayyar, Knight Commanderof the Most Eminent Order of Indian Empire has on the afternoon ofthe 10th March 1928 vacated the office of a Member of the ExecutiveCouncil of the Government of Madras, and whereas His Majesty the KingEmperor of India has been graciously pleased to appoint Tiruvalangadu RajuSastri Venkatarama Sastri, Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the IndianEmpire, to be a Member of the said Council in the room and place of the said Sir Chetput Pattabhirama Ramaswami Ayyar, it is hereby notified that the Hon. Mr. Tiruvalangadu Raju Sastri VenkataramaSastri has on the afternoon of this day taken upon himself the executionof his office.
2. His Excellency theGovernor in Council desires to take this opportunity to place on record his highappreciation of the services which the Hon'ble Sir C.P. Ramaswami Ayyar hasrendered to the State during his term of office as Advocate-General and Memberof Council. Sir Ramaswami Ayyar's high legal attainments, his powers ofexposition and skill in debate have been of marked assistance to His Excellencyin Council, and in the administration of the departments committed to his chargehe has displayed a versatility, enthusiasm and energy which has materiallyhelped to inaugurate and advance undertakings such as the Cauvery-Mettur projectand schemes for the utilisation of Hydro-electric resources. The execution ofthese schemes will greatly influence the agricultural and industrial developmentof the Presidency.
(By order of theGovernor in Council)
A.Y.G.CAMPBELL,
Chief Secretary to Government
/True copy/
PUBLICATIONS BY C.P.
Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar was ascholar in English, Tamil, Sanskrit and French. He published many books, andbooklets on politics, economics, Indian culture, philosophy, religion, etc.
He delivered twenty-oneConvocation Addresses at various Indian Universities, which were brought out inbook form by Annamalai University, Chidambaram.
1. Criticism of the Montagu Chelmsford Reforms - 1918.
2. Memorandum & Evidence Before Joint Committee -1919.
3. Presidential Address to the All India Lawyers ConferenceAllahabad - 1921.
4. Women in Vedic & Post Vedic Times - 1926.
5. Present Crisis - Commonwealth Office - Adyar Madras.
6. Federal Idea - Sri Krishna Rajendra Silver Jubilee Lecture -Mysore.
7. Indian Political Theories - Ri Hon'ble Srinivasa SastriLecture.
8. World Forces and Super State - Address to TheosophicalConvention, 1939
9. Selections from Writings and Speeches - Edited by Mr. P.G.Sahasranama Aiyar - 1943 Trivandrum
10. Pen Portraits, Essays and Addresses - Hind Kitabs, Bombay.
11. Phases of Religion and Culture - Hind Kitabs, Bombay.
12. Cultural Freedom and other Essays - Published by S.Viswanathan.
13. Treatment of Landscape in Eastern and Western Poetry -1955.
14. Fundamentals of Hindu Faith and Culture - Ganesh & Co.,1959.
15. Hinduism and Jainism - Indian Gazeteer - Government ofIndia.
16. Dr. Annie Besant - a Biography - Publications Division -Government of India.
17. Hinduism and Tolerance - UNESCO Publications.
18. India and the World of Art - Chitale Lectures.
19. Uniqueness of Sri Sankaracharaya.
20. Administration, Then and Now, 1960.
21. Indian Universities - 19 Convocation addresses - AnnamalaiUniversity.
22. Biographical Vistas, 1967 - Asia Publishing House, Bombay.
23. Psychology, Western and Eastern.
24. All India Convention of Race Relations, Presidential Address,World Religions.
25. "C.P." on Himself - Illustrated Weekly of India, November1959.
26. Indian Culture - Munshi Endowment Lectures, 1960 - BharathiyaVidya Bhavan, Bombay.
27. How to Avert Disintegration - 1960 - Bharathiya VidyaBhavan, Bombay.
28. Chinese Aggression - 1962 - Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan,Bombay.
For furtherdetails see also PUBLICATIONS
FOREWORDS, INTRODUCTIONS, AND PREFACESTO VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS.
1. Introduction to "Swathi Tirunal's Kirthanams".
2. Foreword to "India's Legacy - The World's Heritage" by Ranganatha Punja.
3. Introduction to"What Shall We Do" by S.R. Narayana Aiyar.
4. Foreword to "Hindu Culture" by K. Guru Dutt.
5. Introduction to "A Primer of Sanskrit Literature"by K.S. Ramaswami Sastri.
6. Foreword to "Beggar Princess" by Dilip Kumar Roy.
7. Foreword to "Horticulture" by Dr. S. Krishnamurti.
8. Foreword to "Vidura Neeti" by P.N. Menon.
9. Foreword to "Indo-Chinese Relations" by Chou Esiang Kuang.
10. Foreword to "Kannagi - Kovalan" by Narayanan Nair.
11. Foreword to "Sikkhism" by Bhair Jodh Singh.
12. Foreword to "Agricultural Economics in India and China" by D.Seshadri Sastri.
13. Foreword to "Book of Talent" by K.S. Krishnamurthi.
14. Foreword to "Tamil Translation of Milton's Paradise Lost" byR.P. Kulandai.
15. Foreword to "S. Srinivasa Raghava Aiyengar" by K. RangaRaghavan.
16. Foreword to "Select Speeches of Dr.A.L. Mudaliyar".
17. Foreword to "Soundarya Lahri" by Ganesh & Co.
18. Foreword to "Para Psychology" by Dr.Atreya.
19. Foreword to "Nityanand" by Y.G.Krishnamurthi.
20. Foreword to "The Call of the Jagatguru" by Ganesh &Co.
21. Foreword to "Kanchi" by Dr.M.K. Srinivasan.
22. Foreword to "Aesthetic Philosophy of India" by H.H. Maharajah,Mysore.
23. Foreword to "My Sathabhishekam" by K.S.R. Sastri.
24. Introduction to "Throne of Transcendental Wisdom".
25. Preface to "Balancing Technique" Sri Krishna Swaroop.
26. Preface to "Faces of Indian Culture" by R.Srinivasan.
27. Foreword to "Teachings of Maha Yogi Gorakhnath".
28. Foreword to "The White Umbralla" by Mackenzie Brown -London.
29. Introduction to "Indian Languages" by Sunti KumarChatterji.
30. Foreword to "Yogasana" by Yogi N.Rajan.
31. Foreword to Sankara's Teachings in his own Words.
32. Foreword to General Book on Astronomy H.Subrahmania Iyer,Trivandrum.
33. Foreword to Concise Astronomy by H.Subrahmania Iyer,Trivandrum.
34. Foreword to "Collection of Stotras" by Y. MahalingaSastri.
35. Foreword to "Cauvery - Mettur Project" by K.S. Sonachalam.
36. Foreword to "Adi Sankara Bhagavan" by Yogi SudhanandaBharathi.
37. Foreword to "K.R.R. Sastri's Reminiscences"
38. Foreword to "Four Chola Temples" by S.R. Balasubramanian.
39. Introduction to "S. Kasturi Ranga Aiyangar" by V.K.Narasimhan, Publications Division, Govt. of India.
40. Foreword to "Poornadvaita Gospel" by K.S.R. Sastri.
41. Foreword to "Saiva Siddhanta" by Prof. R. Ramanujachari.
42. Preface to "U.N.O." by Jaganou Diagou - Pondicherri.
43. Preface to "Kamba Ramayanam" by Pondicherri.
44. Foreword to "Sociology" by Dr. Kewal Motwani.
45. Foreword to "Let us Wake up" by General Cariappa.
46. Foreword to "Manickavasagar's Tiruvachakam" by N. KandasamiPillai.
47. Foreword to "Kamba Ramayanam-Aranya Kandam" published byAnnamalai University.
48. Foreword to "Tamil Country under Vijayanagaram" by Dr.Krishnaswami Pillai.
49. Foreword to "Acharya Hridayam" by G. Damodaran.
50. Preface to "Vilambi Nayanar's Nan Mani Kadhigai".
51. Foreword to "Dr. Rangachari" by Mrs. Rajam Krishnan.
52. Introduction to "India's Fight for Freedom" by KanjiDwarakadas.
53. Foreword to "History of Tamil Literature" by Prof. T.P.Meenakshisundaram.
54. Foreword to "Cultural Developments in the Chola Period" byS.R. Krishnamurthi.
55. Foreword to "Translation of Kural" by Mons Ganou Diagow,Pondicherri.
56. Foreword to "Dr. P.S. Loganathan".
57. Introduction to "The Japjee" by Sri. Surendra SinghMajithia and Y.G. Krishnamurthi.
58. Foreword to "Kamba Ramayanam" - Translation of Cantos 7to 14 by S. Nilakanta Sastri.
59. God in Saiva Siddanta - by T.M.P. Mahadevan, Madras.
60. Foreword to Gayakha Sikhamani Prof. Muthiah Bhagavathar's - Thyagaraja Vijayam in Sanskrit.
61. Foreword to Sri. K. Chandrasekharan'sBiography of his father V. Krishnaswami Aiyar - Kalaimagal Publication.
62. Foreword to Ramayana Triveni by Sri. K. Chandrasekharan -Central Art Press
63. Foreword to "The Nature of Creative Art" by K.S. Venkataramani- Svetaranya Ashrama, Mylapore, Madras-4.
64. Foreword to "Astrology or Destiny and Cosmic Factors" by V.Gore, M.Sc., D.Sc., College of Science, Rajpur.
65. Foreword - "Om" A Guide to Yoga Asanas" by Yogiraj V.Subramanya Bua, The Yoga Kendram, Palghat.
66. Introduction to "The Throne of TranscendentalWisdom" Sringeri Sarda Pitha by K.R. Venkataraman.- Sarada Pitha,Sringeri.
67. World Parliament of Religious April 1953 - Inaugural address& articles Sivananda Ashram Rishiksh.
68. Foreword to Numismatic parellels of Kalidasa by Dr. C. SivaRamamurthy, Curator, National Museum, New Delhi.
PUBLICATIONS OF THE SANSKRIT EDUCATIONSOCIETY (REGD.)
14, East Mada Street, Mylapore, Madras-4.
1. "The Teaching of Sanskrit" by Prof. K. Rama Varma Raja - Foreword by Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar, B.G. Paul & Co.
2. "The Krdantarupamala" by Pandit Ramasubba Sastri - Foreword byDr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar - B.G. Paul & Co.
3. "The New Model Sanskrit Grammar" by Sri Krishna Iyengar -Foreword by Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar - B.G. Paul & Co.
4. "The Sabdatarangini" by Panditaraja Sastraratnakara V. Subramania Sastri- Foreword by Dr. C.P.Ramaswami Aiyar - B.G. Paul & Co.
5. "The Prataparudravasobhusana" of Vidyanatha StandardAlankara Work -Foreword by Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar - B.G. Paul& Co.
6. "The Avyaya Kosa" Compiled by Pandit Sri Srvatsankacharya -Foreword by Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar - B.G. Paul & Co.
7. "Nilakantha Vijaya Campu" of Nilakantha Dikshita Preface by Dr.C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar - B.G. Paul & Co.
8. Sanskrit: Essay by Dr. Raghavan - Foreword by Dr. C.P.Ramaswami Aiyar B.G. Paul & Co.
BOOKS ON C.P.
1. Shashtiabdapoorthi Volume, Trivandrum.
2. C.P. at 80 - Associated Printers, Madras.
3. With Profound Respects by S. Chidambaram (C.P.'s. PrivateSecretary for 56 years) - Higginbothams.
4. The Dewan – A Writer's Note Book by Somerset Maugham.
5. Sir C.P. Remembered – Shakunthala Jagannathan, Vakil &Co.,Bombay, 1999.
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REFERENCE BOOKS ONC.P.
1. Thumb Nail Sketches by Rt. Hon. V.S. Srinivasa Sastri - S. Viswanathan & Co., Madras.
2. Eminent South Indians - Nilkan Perumal.
3. Book of South India by J.C. Malony, I.C.S., London.
4. Who's Who - 1923-1966, London.
5. Statesmen's Year Book 1921-1966, London.
6. Debrett's Peerages, Knights etc. -1921-1966, London.
7. An Indian Diary by Rt. Hon.E.S. Montague, Secretary of Statefor India, London.
8. Indian States and Transfer of Power in India by V.P. Menon.
9. Cauvery-Mettur Project - K.S. Sonachalam.
10. Ooty Preserved by Molly Paynter Downes, Hamish Hamilton,London.
11. Proceedings of the Madras Legislative Council 1919 to 1928 -Govt. Press, Madras.
12. Proceedings of Indian Legislative Assembly - Delhi 1929-1930 -Govt. of India Press, New Delhi.
13. Proceedings of the Council of State, New Delhi - 1930-1932
14. Proceedings of Sri Moolam Assembly, Trivandrum - 1937-1947
15. Pilgrimage to Freedom - K.M. Munshi, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,Bombay.
16. Kalakshetra - Vol.7, No.2, Kalakshetra, Adyar.
17. History of the Indian National Congress - Dr. PattabhiSitaramayya.
18. India's Fight for Freedom - Kanji Dwarakdas, Bombay.
19. The Saint of Sringeri in Sacred India - Dharma PrakashPress.
20. My Life - M.C. Setalwad, Tripathi.
21. Inside Asia - John Gunther- Harper.
22. We Two - Dr. and Margaret Cousins - Adyar.
23. Madras High Court Centenary - Commemorative Volumes
24. Feathers and Stones - Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya - Padma Publications, Bombay.