V. Ramiengar

Vembaukum Ramiengar
Portrait of Vembaukum Ramiengar
Diwan of Travancore
In office
July 1880 – 1887
MonarchsVisakham Thirunal
Moolam Thirunal
Preceded byNanoo Pillai
Succeeded byT. Rama Rao
Member of the Madras Legislative Council
Personal details
Bornc. 1826
Vembaukum,
Chingleput district, Madras Presidency,
British India
Died10 May 1887
Madras,
British India
Alma materMadras University
OccupationLawyer, Administrator
ProfessionStatesman

Vembaukum Ramiengar CSI (c. 1826 – 10 May 1887), also rendered Vembakkam and Rama Iengar, was an Indian civil servant, administrator, and statesman who served Sir Visakham Thirunal Rama Varma V, Maharaja of Travancore and his successor Sir Mulam Thirunal Rama Varma VI, as Diwan of Travancore from 1880 to 1887 after a lengthy career in governance in the Madras Presidency, culminating in his membership of the Madras Legislative Council from 1867 to 1879.[1] He was a trustee of Pachaiyappa's Charities, and a member of the powerful and accomplished Vembaukum clan of Vadakalai Iyengar Brahmins originating in Vembakkam, which also produced or encompassed such contemporaries as lawyers V. Sadagopacharlu and V. Rajagopalacharlu, and Sir V. Bhashyam Aiyangar; and Mysore Dewan C. V. Rungacharlu.

  1. ^ "List of dewans of Travancore". worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 12 July 2008.