C. Hayavadana Rao
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{{Infobox person
| name = Rao Bahadur
Conjeevaram Hayavadana Rao
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1865|07|10}}
| image = C. Hayavadana Rao.jpg
| birth_place = Hosur, Salem District, British India
| spouse =
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1946|01|27|1865|07|10}}
| death_place = Bangalore, Mysore kingdom
| occupation = Historian, anthropologist, economist
}}
Rao Bahadur Conjeevaram Hayavadana Rao (10 July 1865 – 27 January 1946) was an Indian historian, museologist, anthropologist, economist and polyglot. He was a member of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Indian Historical Records Commission and a fellow of the Royal Society of Economics.
A road near Ashram Citcle ( Basavanagudi ) , Bengaluru " Sri Hayavadana Rao Road " named in his honour.
Early life
Hayavadana Rao was born on 10 July 1865 in the town of Hosur in the then Salem district of Madras Presidency in a Kannada-speaking family.{{cite journal|title=The quarterly journal of the Mythic society (Bangalore)|page=94|volume=56|publisher=Mythic Society|year=1966}}{{qn|date=July 2023}} After graduating in history, Rao studied law and economics and joined the Government Museum, Madras as a curator. Rao worked as a curator till his retirement and compiled "The Indian Biographical Dictionary". Rao was a polyglot and was fluent in English, Latin, French, German, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Sanskrit.{{cn|date=July 2023}}
Mysore Kingdom
In 1924, Rao was appointed the head of a committee formed to revise the Mysore Gazetteer written by B. L. Rice. The revised version comprising seven volumes was published in 1927. Rao followed this with a three-volume History of Mysore (1399-1799) chronicling the Wodeyar Dynasty.
Later life and death
Rao died on 27 January 1946 in Bangalore.{{cite journal|title=The journal of Oriental research|volume=15-28|place=Madras|year=1946}}
Works
- {{cite book|title=New Indian tales: nineteen amusing and instructive tales|year=1910|publisher=G. A. Natesan|first=C. Hayavadana|last=Rao}}
- {{cite book|title=The Indian Biographical Dictionary|first=C. Hayavadana|last=Rao|year=1915}}
- {{cite book|title=Indian caste system: A study|first=C. Hayavadana|last=Rao|year=1931}}
- {{cite book|title=The Dasara in Mysore: Its Origin and Significance|first=C. Hayavadana|last=Rao|year=1936}}
- {{cite book|title=History of Mysore (1399-1799 A.D.)|first=C. Hayavadana|last=Rao|year=1948|publisher=Government Press}}
References and sources
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- {{cite web|title=HAYAVADANA RAO C., 1865-1946|publisher=classicalkannada.org|url=http://www.classicalkannada.org/DataBase/KannwordHTMLS/CLASSICAL%20KANNADA%20SCHOLARS%20HTML/HAYAVADANA%20RAO%20C%20HTML.htm|access-date=15 August 2011|archive-date=30 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330191746/http://www.classicalkannada.org/DataBase/KannwordHTMLS/CLASSICAL%20KANNADA%20SCHOLARS%20HTML/HAYAVADANA%20RAO%20C%20HTML.htm|url-status=dead}}
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