Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar - As Diwan of Mysore

As Diwan of Mysore

Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar was appointed as the Diwan or Chief Minister of Mysore in 1946. He was the last Diwan of Mysore and presided over its accession to the Indian Union. Though, initially, Arcot Ramaswamy Mudliar was against the accession of Mysore state to the Indian Union and so advised the Maharaja, Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar, later he changed his mind in face of opposition from the Mysore wing of the Indian National Congress. During his tenure as Diwan of Mysore, Mudaliar organised a number of Tamil music concerts in the Mysore kingdom in order to raise money for the restoration of Carnatic musician Tyagaraja's samadhi or tomb at Tiruvaiyaru. Mr. Ramasamy Mudaliar was sent by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as head of the Indian Delegation To New York to argue India's case in The Security Council when Hyderabad appealed to it against Accession to India and eloquently argued the case for India and Security council decided in favour of India.