T. Ramachandra Rao
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1825
Tanjore Ramachandra Rao | |
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 A portrait of Tanjore Ramachandra Rao | |
| Born | Ramachandra 1825 |
| Died | 1879 (aged 53–54) |
| Occupations | civil servant, translator |
| Known for | First Indian to serve as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Madras |
Tanjore Ramachandra Rao (1825-1879) was an Indian civil servant who became the first native Indian to serve as Deputy Commissioner of Police of Madras.
Ramachandra Rao was born in Tanjore in 1825 in a Deshastha Brahmin family which traced its origins to Bijapur. After brief initial education, Ramachandra Rao moved to Madras in 1840 and caught the attention of Major Crisp, translator to the Madras government, who trained him in calculation and computation and employed Rao as his private writer from August 1840 to March 1841. Later, through Crisp's recommendation, Ramachandra Rao was appointed Superintendent of the Madras observatory.
Early career
In January 1844, Ramachandra Rao joined the Military Fund Office as a minute writer but switched over to the Police Department in October 1847. Ramachandra Rao's proficiency in multiple languages won him rapid promotions until 1854, when he was appointed Interpreter to the Chief Magistrate. Shortly afterwards, Rao was appointed Kannada translator to the Supreme Court of Madras with the backing of John Bruce Norton.