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| name = Sir Chettur Madhavan Nair<br />
| honorific_prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]<br />
| honorific_suffix = [[Privy Council|PC]] [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]]<br />
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| order1 = Advocate-General of Madras Presidency<br />
| term_start1 = 1923<br />
| term_end1 = 1924<br />
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| predecessor1 = [[Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer]]<br />
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| successor1 = [[T. R. Venkatarama Sastri]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1879|01|24}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mankara]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1970|03|05|1879|01|24}}<br />
| death_place = [[Madras]], [[India]]<br />
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| spouse = The Lady Madhavan Nair, Palat Parukutty Amma<br />
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| occupation = Lawyer<br />
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'''Sir Chettur Madhavan Nair''' <small>[[Privy Council|PC]] [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]]</small> (24 January 1879 – 3 March 1970) (styled '''Sir Madhavan Nair''') was an Indian lawyer who served as [[Advocate-General of Madras]], a [[judge|justice]] of the [[Madras High Court]] and member of the [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom]].<br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
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Born in [[Mankara]] in the [[Malabar district]], [[Madras Presidency]] (Now [[Palakkad District]], [[Kerala]]), Madhavan Nair was the nephew of [[C. Sankaran Nair]]. Madhavan Nair was educated at [[Government Victoria College, Palakkad|Victoria College]], [[Palakkad]] and matriculated from the [[Pachaiyappa's College|Pachaiyappa's High School]], [[Madras]]. Madhavan Nair graduated from the [[Madras Christian College]] and [[Madras Law College]] before pursuing his higher education at the [[University College, London]] and being admitted as a [[barrister]] to the [[Middle Temple]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
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Madhavan Nair started practising as a lawyer in the [[Madras High Court]] in 1904. He also served as a law reporter with the Madras Law Journal. Madhavan Nair served as a Government Pleader from 1919 to 1923 and Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency in 1923–24. In 1924, he had to resign as Advocate-General when appointed temporary judge and was succeeded to the post by [[T. R. Venkatarama Sastri]]. Madhavan Nair was appointed permanent judge in 1927. He served as judge of the Madras High Court till retirement on 2 January 1939, upon which he was knighted. In 1941, Madhavan Nair was appointed to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.<br />
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== Family ==<br />
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Madhavan Nair married Parukutty Amma of the Palat family (Later Lady Madhavan Nair), the daughter of [[C. Sankaran Nair|Sir C. Sankaran Nair]] and thus his cousin. They had two sons - Brigadier Palat Sankaran Nair, Palat Madhavan Nair and a daughter Mrs. Palat Narayani Mahadhava Menon. The couple resided at a property named Lynwood in Madhavan [[Mahalingapuram|Nair Colony near Mahalingapuram]], Madras.<br />
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Lady Madhavan Nair was the prime benefactor of the Ayyappa Temple in Madhavan Nair Colony Mahalingapuram. Daughter Narayani married Parakkat Madhava Menon ICS and has two children Parvati Ramkumaran and Janaki Nair.<br />
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C. Madhavan Nair's son P. Madhavan Nair married Rema Unni of the Parakkat family and has three children Sreelata, Madhavan and Usha<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{cite journal|title=The Law Weekly|volume=17|page=50|year=1923}}<br />
* {{cite news|title=An illustrious lineage|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=23 October 2006|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/an-illustrious-lineage/article3201743.ece|first=S.|last=Muthiah|authorlink=S. Muthiah}}<br />
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