P. S. Sivaswami Iyer
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Sir Pazhamaneri Sundaram Sivaswami Iyer (Tamil: பழமநேரி சுந்தரம சிவசவாமி அய்யர்) KCSI (1864-1946)[1] was a prominent lawyer, administrator and statesman who served as the Advocate General of Madras from 1907 to 1911.
Sir Pazhamaneri Sundaram Sivaswami Iyer was born on 7 February 1864 in a village near Tanjore. He graduated from the Presidency College, Madras with a first class in Sanskrit and History. Later, he passed his Bachelor of Law degree and set up practice as a lawyer in Madras in 1885.He rose rapidly in fame and popularity as a lawyer becoming the Advocate-General of Madras in 1907, one of the first Indians to be appointed to that post. In 1912, he was appointed to the Viceroy's Executive Council as per the Minto-Morley scheme.He was appointed as the second Indian Vice-Chancellor of Madras University in 1916 and also served as the Vice-Chancellor of the Benares Hindu University for a short term.
He was the Indian delegate to the third session of the League of Nations in 1922 wherein he voiced his vehement condemnation of the Hunter Commission Report for downplaying the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the Punjab atrocities. In 1928, he advocated boycott of the Simon Commission. In 1931, he was appointed member of the new Indian Military College Committee. During his later years, he expressed strong disapproval of any attempt to partition the subcontinent.
He died in 1946 at the age of 82.
P.S. Sivaswami Iyer was an avid reader and a connoisseur of arts[2]. He was a strong advocate of women's education and supported sweeping reforms to this regard. He took a special interest in military matters and served as a member of the Indian Military College Committee set up to establish an indigenous military academy on the model of Sandhurst.
