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. 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.
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.
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