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V. Rajamannar</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Advocate_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Advocate General">Advocate General</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras Presidency</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1944–1945</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alladi_Krishnaswamy_Iyer" title="Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer">Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/K._Rajah_Iyer" title="K. Rajah Iyer">K. Rajah Iyer</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Justice">Chief Justice</a> of <a href="/wiki/Madras_High_Court" title="Madras High Court">Madras High Court</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1948–1961</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Frederick_Gentle" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Frederick Gentle">Sir Frederick Gentle</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/S._Ramachandra_Iyer" title="S. Ramachandra Iyer">S. Ramachandra Iyer</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">Chairman</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Fourth_Finance_Commission_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="The Fourth Finance Commission of India">The Fourth Finance Commission of India</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1966–1969</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">A. K. Chanda</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mahavir_Tyagi" title="Mahavir Tyagi">Mahavir Tyagi</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1 May 1901</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">1979</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Pakala Venkataramana Rao Rajamannar</b> (1901–1979) was an Indian judge and politician who served as the acting <a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Tamil Nadu">Governor of Madras State</a> from 1957 to 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> P.V. Rajamannar was the first Indian to become Chief Justice of <a href="/wiki/Madras_High_Court" title="Madras High Court">Madras High Court</a> after independence from 1948 to 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also the first Chairman of <a href="/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi">Sangeet Natak Akademi</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._V._Rajamannar&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>P. V. Rajamannar was born to Dewan Bahadur P. Venkataramana Rao, an eminent lawyer who was a Madras High Court Judge and later Chief Justice of Mysore High Court. He completed his schooling at Pachaiyappa's High School, Madras and did his graduation in the Presidency College, securing First Class in English and Philosophy in B.A in 1921. In B.L he won the <a href="/wiki/American_Jurisprudence" title="American Jurisprudence">Jurisprudence prize</a> in 1923.<sup id="cite_ref-PVRajamannar-Early_Life_and_Career_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PVRajamannar-Early_Life_and_Career-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_in_law">Career in law</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._V._Rajamannar&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career in law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1924, Rajamannar started his law practice joining his father's chambers. In 1944 P.V. Rajamannar was appointed Advocate-General in succession to Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Aiyar. His appointment also made Rajamannar one of the youngest Advocate-Generals at 43 years of age. He also appeared as the Public Prosecutor in one of the most sensational murder cases in South India, <a href="/wiki/Lakshmikanthan_murder_case" title="Lakshmikanthan murder case">Lakshmikanthan murder case</a> involving two popular actors and a journalist with criminal history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_Justice">Chief Justice</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._V._Rajamannar&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chief Justice"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Later in 1945, P. V. Rajamannar was appointed Judge of Madras High Court and in 1948 Rajamannar became the first Indian to be elevated as Chief Justice of Madras High Court.<sup id="cite_ref-PVRajamannar-Masdras_High_Court_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PVRajamannar-Masdras_High_Court-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He retired in 1961 and continued his active services for government by heading various committees. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_services">Other services</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._V._Rajamannar&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Finance_Commission">Finance Commission</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._V._Rajamannar&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Finance Commission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the years 1966-1969 P. V. Rajamannar was also the Chairman of <a href="/wiki/The_Fourth_Finance_Commission_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="The Fourth Finance Commission of India">The Fourth Finance Commission of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition Rajamannar was also the chairman for the Fourth Law Commission and the Banking Laws Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-PVRajamannar-Indian_Patriots_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PVRajamannar-Indian_Patriots-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Educational_Boards">Educational Boards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._V._Rajamannar&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Educational Boards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>P.V. Rajamannar was also the Chairman of Board of Studies of Law and Chaired the Board of Studies in Telugu at <a href="/wiki/Sri_Venkateswara_University" title="Sri Venkateswara University">Sri Venkateswara University</a> and Theater Art Faculty at <a href="/wiki/Andhra_University" title="Andhra University">Andhra University</a>. He was also the Member of Syndicate of <a href="/wiki/Madras_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras University">Madras University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PVRajamannar-Indian_Patriots_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PVRajamannar-Indian_Patriots-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_Autonomy_Committee">State Autonomy Committee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._V._Rajamannar&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: State Autonomy Committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1969, P.V. Rajamannar was appointed the Chairman of a 3-member committee P.V. Rajamannar committee to study the State Autonomy and Centre-State relations by the then newly elected <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> government under its Chief Minister Dr. M. <a href="/wiki/Karunanidhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Karunanidhi">Karunanidhi</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Arts_and_literature">Arts and literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._V._Rajamannar&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Arts and literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to his career in Law and administration P. V. Rajamannar was active in Arts and was the first appointed chairman of <a href="/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi">Sangeet Natak Akademi</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>. During his college years and later he edited a <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a> literary journal called <i>Kala</i> and winning the <i>Ramarayaninger Prize</i> for a Telugu work <i>Representative Government in Ancient India</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-PVRajamannar-Arts_and_Litreature_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PVRajamannar-Arts_and_Litreature-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1964, he was awarded the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_fellows" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows">Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship</a> the highest honour conferred by <a href="/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi">Sangeet Natak Akademi</a>, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours_and_legacy">Honours and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._V._Rajamannar&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Honours and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>P. V. Rajamannar was conferred Honorary Doctorates from <a href="/wiki/Madras_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras University">Madras University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andhra_University" title="Andhra University">Andhra University</a> and <a href="/wiki/Annamalai_University" title="Annamalai University">Annamalai University</a>. Justice P V Rajamannar Salai (Road) in <a href="/wiki/K._K._Nagar,_Chennai" title="K. K. Nagar, Chennai">K. K. Nagar, Chennai</a> is named in his honour. He was also nominated twice to <a href="/wiki/Upper_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper House">Upper House</a> in Madras and on two occasions acted as <a href="/wiki/Governor" title="Governor">governor</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works_and_publications">Works and publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._V._Rajamannar&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Works and publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>India: Republic Day 1956 </i> (1956) – English - (Co-Author John Haynes Holmes, K. M. Panikkar, P. V. Rajamannar and N. C. Mehta)</li> <li><i>Aesthetic experience, (Sir George Stanley endowment lectures)</i> (1960) - English</li> <li><i>Rajamannaru natikalu: Ayidu ekanka natikalu</i> (1968) – Telugu</li> <li><i>Report on negotiable instruments law, 1975 </i> (1976) - English</li> <li><i>Report on indigenous negotiable instruments (hundis), 1978</i> (1979) - English</li> <li><i>Report on personal property security law, 1977 </i> (1978) - English</li> <li><i>First report of the Study Group Reviewing Legislation Affecting Banking: banking legislation</i> (1971) - English</li> <li><i>Tamil Nadu Report, 1971 by P. V. Tamil Nadu Rajamannar</i> (1971) - English</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._V._Rajamannar&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html#Tamil-Nadu">Indian states since 1947</a>, (Worldstatesmen, 16 September 2008)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm">The Honourable Chief Justices</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120212201925/http://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/cjlist.htm">Archived</a> 12 February 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (Madras High Court, 17 September 2008)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PVRajamannar-Early_Life_and_Career-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-PVRajamannar-Early_Life_and_Career_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Famous Judges and Lawyers of Madras</i>. 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Swarna Venkatesa Deekshithar (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komal_Kothari" title="Komal Kothari">Komal Kothari</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Ramanathan_(musician)" title="S. Ramanathan (musician)">S. Ramanathan</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumar_Gandharva" title="Kumar Gandharva">Shivaputra Siddaramayya Komkali ‘Kumar Gandharva’</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utpal_Dutt" title="Utpal Dutt">Utpal Dutt</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Gopal_(dancer)" title="Ram Gopal (dancer)">Ram Gopal</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alain_Dani%C3%A9lou" title="Alain Daniélou">Alain Daniélou</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelucharan_Mohapatra" title="Kelucharan Mohapatra">Kelucharan Mohapatra</a> (1991)</li> <li>T. S. Parthasarathy (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Khan" title="Ali Akbar Khan">Ali Akbar Khan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._K._Pattammal" title="D. K. Pattammal">D. K. Pattammal</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prem_Lata_Sharma" title="Prem Lata Sharma">Prem Lata Sharma</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girish_Karnad" title="Girish Karnad">Girish Karnad</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrinalini_Sarabhai" title="Mrinalini Sarabhai">Mrinalini Sarabhai</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bismillah_Khan" title="Bismillah Khan">Bismillah Khan</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yehudi_Menuhin" title="Yehudi Menuhin">Yehudi Menuhin</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maheswar_Neog" title="Maheswar Neog">Maheswar Neog</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilayat_Khan" title="Vilayat Khan">Vilayat Khan</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammannur_Madhava_Chakyar" title="Ammannur Madhava Chakyar">Ammannur Madhava Chakyar</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangubai_Hangal" title="Gangubai Hangal">Gangubai Hangal</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habib_Tanvir" title="Habib Tanvir">Habib Tanvir</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badal_Sarkar" class="mw-redirect" title="Badal Sarkar">Badal Sarkar</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimsen_Joshi" title="Bhimsen Joshi">Bhimsen Joshi</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birju_Maharaj" title="Birju Maharaj">Birju Maharaj</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._P._Kittappa_Pillai" title="K. P. Kittappa Pillai">K. P. Kittappa Pillai</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Tendulkar" title="Vijay Tendulkar">Vijay Tendulkar</a> (1998)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–2021</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M._Balamuralikrishna" title="M. Balamuralikrishna">M. Balamuralikrishna</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._V._Karanth" title="B. V. Karanth">B. V. Karanth</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vempati_Chinna_Satyam" title="Vempati Chinna Satyam">Vempati Chinna Satyam</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanno_Khurana" title="Shanno Khurana">Shanno Khurana</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavalam_Narayana_Panicker" title="Kavalam Narayana Panicker">Kavalam Narayana Panicker</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandralekha_(dancer)" title="Chandralekha (dancer)">Chandralekha</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annapurna_Devi" title="Annapurna Devi">Annapurna Devi</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bindhyabasini_Devi" title="Bindhyabasini Devi">Bindhyabasini Devi</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramankutty_Nair" title="Ramankutty Nair">Ramankutty Nair</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zohra_Sehgal" title="Zohra Sehgal">Zohra Sehgal</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapas_Sen" title="Tapas Sen">Tapas Sen</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohini_Bhate" title="Rohini Bhate">Rohini Bhate</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._N._Krishnan" title="T. N. Krishnan">T. N. Krishnan</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishan_Maharaj" title="Kishan Maharaj">Kishan Maharaj</a> (2006)</li> <li>Gursharan Singh (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ningthoukhongjam_Khelchandra" title="Ningthoukhongjam Khelchandra">Ningthoukhongjam Khelchandra</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushil_Kumar_Saxena" title="Sushil Kumar Saxena">Sushil Kumar Saxena</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khaled_Choudhury" title="Khaled Choudhury">Khaled Choudhury</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitara_Devi" title="Sitara Devi">Sitara Devi</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhupen_Hazarika" title="Bhupen Hazarika">Bhupen Hazarika</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._C._Mehta" title="R. C. Mehta">R. C. Mehta</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kishori_Amonkar" title="Kishori Amonkar">Kishori Amonkar</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasraj" title="Jasraj">Jasraj</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalgudi_Jayaraman" title="Lalgudi Jayaraman">Lalgudi Jayaraman</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamini_Krishnamurthy" title="Yamini Krishnamurthy">Yamini Krishnamurthy</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shriram_Lagoo" title="Shriram Lagoo">Shriram Lagoo</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamlesh_Dutt_Tripathi" title="Kamlesh Dutt Tripathi">Kamlesh Dutt Tripathi</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Girija_Devi" title="Girija Devi">Girija Devi</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._K._Murthy" title="T. K. Murthy">T. K. Murthy</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nataraja_Ramakrishna" title="Nataraja Ramakrishna">Nataraja Ramakrishna</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahim_Fahimuddin_Dagar" title="Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar">Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Chandrasekaran" title="M. Chandrasekaran">M. 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Sivaraman</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Subrahmanyam" title="Padma Subrahmanyam">Padma Subrahmanyam</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amjad_Ali_Khan" title="Amjad Ali Khan">Amjad Ali Khan</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Rajam" title="N. Rajam">N. Rajam</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratan_Thiyam" title="Ratan Thiyam">Ratan Thiyam</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._H._Vinayakram" title="T. H. Vinayakram">T. H. Vinayakram</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Elkunchwar" title="Mahesh Elkunchwar">Mahesh Elkunchwar</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanak_Rele" title="Kanak Rele">Kanak Rele</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Sathyanarayana" title="R. Sathyanarayana">R. Sathyanarayana</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulsidas_Borkar" title="Tulsidas Borkar">Tulsidas Borkar</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._R._Janakiraman" title="S. R. Janakiraman">S. R. Janakiraman</a> (2014)</li> <li>Vijay Kumar Kichlu (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._S._Sathyu" title="M. S. Sathyu">M. S. Sathyu</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._V._Chandrasekhar" title="C. V. Chandrasekhar">C. V. Chandrasekhar</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvind_Parikh" title="Arvind Parikh">Arvind Parikh</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedavalli" title="Vedavalli">R. Vedavalli</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Gopal_Bajaj" title="Ram Gopal Bajaj">Ram Gopal Bajaj</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Kothari" title="Sunil Kothari">Sunil Kothari</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Hussain_(musician)" title="Zakir Hussain (musician)">Zakir Hussain</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jatin_Goswami" title="Jatin Goswami">Jatin Goswami</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonal_Mansingh" title="Sonal Mansingh">Sonal Mansingh</a> (2018)</li> <li>T. K. 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