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| name = C. S. Venkatachar<br />
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| birth_date = 11 July 1899<ref name=autogenerated1>The District Officer in India by Roland Hunt and John Harrison. Solar Press, London 1980, {{ISBN|0-85967-660-9}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Kolar]] District, [[Kingdom of Mysore]], [[Indian Empire]]<ref name=autogenerated1 /><br />
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| death_date = {{Deathdate and age|1999|6|16|1899|7|11|df=y}}<br />
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| office = 2nd [[Chief Minister of Rajasthan]]<br />
| governor = [[Man Singh II]]<br />
| term = 6 January 1951 – 25 April 1951<br />
| predecessor = [[Hiralal Shastri]]<br />
| successor =[[Jai Narayan Vyas]]<br />
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'''Cadambi Sheshachar Venkatachar''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CIE|OBE}} (11 July 1899 – 16 June 1999) was an Indian Civil Servant, diplomat and the Chief Minister of [[Rajasthan]] from 6 January 1951 to 25 April 1951.<ref>[http://www.punjabkesari.com/Election'2008/Rajas_CM's.htm Rajasthan Chief Minister]</ref><br />
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Born a [[Brahmin]] in a village about 25&nbsp;km from [[Bangalore]], to a professional family (both his father and uncle had been educated in English, and were employed by the [[British Raj]]) C.S. Venkatachar was educated at Maharaja's Central College, Bangalore and thence at [[Madras University]] where he graduated in Chemistry in 1920. In 1921 he travelled to London and sat for the [[Indian Civil Service]] exam and was one of the 16 successful entrants (13 Indian and 3 European) out of the Approximately 150 who sat for the exam. He completed his probationary year of service at [[Cambridge University]] and joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] in 1922.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><br />
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Initially, he served in Uttar Pradesh and was associated closely with the Census of India, 1931. He was then appointed to the [[Indian Political Service]] a rare honour, as this service was ''de facto'' reserved for British Military Officers. From 1939 to 1941 he was the Agent of the Government of India in [[British Malaya]], and was appointed an OBE in the 1941 Birthday Honours List.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35184/supplements/3294 London Gazette, 12 June 1941]</ref> In 1942 he was the commissioner of Allahabad, and was appointed a CIE in the 1946 Birthday Honours List.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37598/supplements/2762 London Gazette, 13 June 1946]</ref><br />
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Later, he became the Diwan of Jodhpur State and the Prime Minister of Bikaner State in October 1948, succeeding the eminent scholar and diplomat Sardar [[Kavalam Madhava Panikkar]]. In 1947, he was elected to the Constituent Assembly. From 10 April 1949 to 5 January 1951 he was the Regional Commissioner and Advisor (Home and Finance) to the [[Rajpramukh]] of Rajasthan state. After the resignation of [[Heera Lal Shastri|Hiralal Shastri]], he held the office of the Chief Minister from 6 January 1951 to 25 April 1951. On 26 April 1951, a new ministry headed by [[Jai Narayan Vyas]] assumed the office.<br />
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In 1951 he became the secretary to the Ministry of States of the Government of India and from 1953–58 he was the secretary to the President of India, [[Rajendra Prasad]]. From August 1958 to October 1960 he was the High Commissioner to Canada.<br />
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He died a month short of his 100th birthday on 16 June 1999.<br />
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==Major works==<br />
A collection of his writings edited by S. Sapru and K.M. Acharya was published under the title, ''Witness to the Century: Writings of C.S. Venkatachar, ICS''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1822/18220730.htm|title=Facets of a civil servant|publisher=Frontline, Vol.18, Issue 22|date=27 October – 9 November 2001|access-date=15 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123162438/http://hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1822/18220730.htm|archive-date=23 January 2009|url-status=usurped}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140326140400/http://rajassembly.nic.in/cm-photo.htm Raj Assembly photos]<br />
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