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| honorific-prefix =
| name = Arcot Ranganatha Mudaliar
| honorific-suffix =
| image =
| imagesize = 200px
| caption =
| order1 = Minister of Public Health and Excise (Madras Presidency)
| term_start1 = 4 December 1926
| term_end1 = 16 March 1928
| monarch1 =
| premier1 = [[P. Subbarayan]]
| governor1 = [[George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen]]
| predecessor1 = [[A. P. Patro]]
| successor1 = [[S. Muthiah Mudaliar]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1879|06|26}}
| birth_place = [[Bellary]], [[Madras Presidency]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1950|07|08|1879|06|26}}
| death_place =
| nationality = [[India]]n
| party = Independent Party, [[Indian National Congress]]
| religion =
| alma_mater = [[Madras Christian College]],<br />[[Madras Law College]]
| profession = [[lawyer]]
| occupation = [[legislator]]
| spouse =
}}

'''Arcot Ranganatha Mudaliar''' (29 June 1879 – 8 July 1950) was an Indian politician and theosophist from [[Bellary]]. He served as the Minister of Public Health and Excise for the [[Madras Presidency]] from 1926 to 1928.

== Early life ==
Ranganatha Mudaliar was born on 29 June 1879, in an [[Arcot Mudaliar]] family of [[Madras Presidency]].<ref name="whoswhop206">{{cite book|title=The Who's who in Madras: A pictorial who's who of distinguished personages, princes, zemindars and noblemen in the Madras Presidency|page=206|publisher=Pearl Press|year=1940}}</ref> Ranganatha Mudaliar had his schooling in Madras and graduated from [[Madras Christian College]] and [[Madras Law College]]. Mudaliar joined government service in 1901 and served as Deputy Collector of [[Bellary]].<ref name="whoswhop206" /> Later, he was influenced by [[Theosophy (Blavatskian)|theosophy]] and became a follower of [[Annie Besant]].

== Public life ==

Ranganatha Mudaliar established the Young Men's Indian Association in 1914 and constructed the [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale|Gokhale]] Hall in 1915. Mudaliar accompanied Besant to [[London]] in 1924 as a part of the National Convention delegation.

== Politics==

Ranganatha Mudaliar joined politics at the instance of the [[Raja of Panagal]] of the [[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]]. Ranganatha Mudaliar contested the Madras Legislative Council from Bellary and was elected to the assembly. Mudaliar served as the Minister of Public Health and Excise in the government of [[P. Subbarayan]] from 1926 to 1928, when he resigned protesting the arrival of the [[Simon Commission]]. Ranganatha Mudaliar was succeeded by [[S. Muthiah Mudaliar]].

Following his resignation, Ranganatha Mudaliar joined the [[Indian National Congress]] and served as the first Commissioner of the [[Thirumala]]-[[Tirupati (city)|Tirupathi]] [[devasthanam]] board from 1935 to 1939.

== Notes==

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== References==

* {{cite news|title=The Besant Influence|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=6 November 2006|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/11/06/stories/2006110600530500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911133556/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/11/06/stories/2006110600530500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2007|author=S. Muthiah|authorlink=S. Muthiah}}

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[[Category:1879 births]]
[[Category:Indian Theosophists]]
[[Category:People from Bellary]]
[[Category:Madras Christian College alumni]]
[[Category:Year of death unknown]]
[[Category:1950 deaths]]

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