Early Career
On conclusion of his education, Ram Iyengar was appointed as a translator in the Maratha Cutcherry. In September 1850, Ram Iyengar was made Head Munshi of Nellore. Raiengar served in Nellore till the beginning of 1854, when he was made Deputy Registrar of the Department of Public Works. From 1855 to 1857, Ram Iyengar served as the Naib Sheristadar of Nellore. In March 1857, he was appointed Head Sheristadar of Tanjore and served from 1857 to 1859, when he was made Assistant Imam Commissioner. As Assistant Imam Commissioner, he was instrumental in the Revenue Settlement of the olungu areas of the Cauvery Delta.
In June 1860, he was appointed to inquire into the outstanding advances of the mirasidars and contractors who had borrowed money from the Madras government as flood relief funds. Rameingar performed this task satisfactorily well that he was entrusted with the revenue settlemt of the village of Nallatadi in Tanjore district.
Ram Iyengar was appointed Sub-Collector of Namakkal in the beginning of 1861 and promoted to a First-grade Deputy Collector in May 1861. Ram Iyengar served in Namakkal from May 1861 to the end of 1864, when hew was appointed Assistant Commissioner of Paper Currency. Ram Iyengar served for a year as the Assistant Commissioner of Paper Currency and was appointed First Assistant to the Chief Secretary of the Madras Presidency in 1866. In the beginning of 1867, Ram Iyengar was appointed Superintendent of Stamps at a monthly salary of Rs.1,000. The next year, the Government Lord Napier nominated him to the Madras Legislative Council.
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