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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.
Jan 17, 2023 · C Sankaran Nair’s decision to resign after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre marked a new chapter in India’s freedom struggle. When Nair heard of the massacre, he was so horrified that he resigned from his post in protest.
Jul 5, 2021 · Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair was known for being a passionate advocate for social reforms and a firm believer in the self-determination of India.
Sankaran Nair started as a lawyer in 1880 in the High Court of Madras. In 1884, the Madras Government appointed him as a member of the Committee for an enquiry into the state of Malabar. Till 1908, he was the Advocate - General to the Government and an Acting Judge from time to time.
Jul 7, 2024 · Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair was an Indian jurist and statesman who, despite his independent views and outspokenness, attained high government positions rarely open to Indians in his time. He simultaneously opposed the extreme Indian nationalist movement led by Mohandas K. Gandhi and its forcible.
Aug 9, 2018 · This biography of Sankaran Nair (1857-1934) is a deeply reported account of a lawyer, judge, politician and Member of the Viceroy’s Council who strove for the ‘emancipation of his country from the bondage of foreign domination and native custom’.
Chettur Sankaran Nair. He went to England & took the Jallianwalabagh massacres to court. When the only Bharatiya in the viceroy’s council made his way back to Madras after his resignation, it was an ovation all the way, the like of which had never been seen before in India.
Apr 11, 2023 · Sankaran Nair, a nationalist and a celebrated lawyer, was one of the most vociferous voices against the act. This is his story. On 13 April 1919, a peaceful unarmed crowd gathered at Jallianwala Bagh, a park in a congested locality of Amritsar.
Jul 11, 2022 · C. Sankaran Nair. Chettur Sankaran Nair was born in Mankara in Palakkad District on 11 July 1857. He was the youngest president of the Indian National Congress at the Amaravathi Session of the Congress in 1897. He was the first Malayali president of the Indian National Congress.
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.
