Chettur Sankaran Nair | |
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| Justice of the High Court of Madras | |
| In office 1908–1915 | |
| Advocate-General of Madras | |
| In office 1906–1908 | |
| Preceded by | C. A. White |
| Succeeded by | Sir P. S. Sivaswami Iyer |
| President of the Indian National Congress | |
| In office 1897–1897 | |
| Preceded by | Rahimtulla M. Sayani |
| Succeeded by | Anandamohan Bose |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 July 1857 Palghat, Malabar District, Madras Presidency, British India (present day Palakkad, Kerala, India) |
| Died | 24 April 1934 (aged 76) Madras, British India (present day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
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Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair CIE (11 July 1857 – 24 April 1934) was an Indian lawyer and statesman who served as the Advocate-General of Madras from 1906 to 1908, on the High Court of Madras as a puisne justice from 1908 to 1915, and as India-wide Education minister as a member of the Viceroy's Executive Council from 1915 until 1919. He was elected president of the 1897 Indian National Congress, and led the Egmore faction, opposing the Mylapore group.
According to V. C. Gopalratnam, he was a leader of the Madras bar, alongside C. R. Pattabhirama Iyer, M. O. Parthasarathy Iyengar, V. Krishnaswamy Iyer, P. R. Sundaram Iyer, and Sir V. C. Desikachariar, and immediately behind Sir V. Bhashyam Aiyangar and Sir S. Subramania Iyer.[1] He wrote Gandhi and Anarchy (1922).
A biopic on Chettur Sankaran's life was announced in June 2021 by Dharma Productions and began production in November 2022, starring Akshay Kumar, R. Madhavan and Ananya Panday. Titled Shankara, it is scheduled to release in 2024.
- ^ Gopalratnam, V. C. (1962). A Century Completed: A History of the Madras High Court, 1862-1962. Madras Law Journal Office.