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[[Rao Bahadur]] '''Chinnakavanam Tadulinga Mudaliar''' or '''C. Tadulingam''' (1878&ndash;1954) was an Indian botanist known for his book ''A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses'' which he penned along with [[K. Rangachari]]. The book is considered to be the first on the subject and won Mudaliar considerable acclaim. Mudaliar served as [[mayor]] of [[Madras]] in 1942-43.<ref name="muthiahp438">{{cite book|chapter=Appendix 2|page=438|title=Madras, Chennai: A 400-year record of the first city of Modern India|volume=1|editor=S. Muthiah|publisher=Palaniappa Brothers|year=2008}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
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Born in [[Madras Presidency]], in 1878,<ref name="harvard">{{cite web|title=HUH Botanist Record|url=http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/rdfgen.php?uuid=3baab394-e14c-49d6-87bc-06e970a501f3|publisher=Harvard University}}</ref> Mudaliar graduated from the Agricultural College, Coimbatore, in which he served as a Principal in his later years.<ref name="calendarp47">{{cite book|title=Calendar of the University of Madras|publisher=University of Madras|year=1915|page=45}}</ref><br />
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Mudaliar wrote ''A Handbook on Some South Indian Grasses'' in 1921 along with K. Rangachari of the [[Government Museum, Chennai]] and won instant acclaim.<ref name="harvard" /> He was elected [[Fellow of the Linnean Society]] and the "Rao Bahadur" title was conferred upon him.<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
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Mudaliar succeeded [[V. Chakkarai Chettiar]] as mayor of Madras city in 1942.<ref name="muthiahp438" /> He served till 1943 and was succeeded by [[Syed Niamatullah]].<ref name="muthiahp438" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
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Mudaliar died in 1954 at the age of seventy-five.<ref name="cooperationp192">{{cite journal|title=The Madras Journal of Co-operation|volume=46|issue=1–9|page=192|year=1954}}</ref><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://archive.org/details/weeds-of-south-india Tadulingam, C.; G. Venkatanarayana (1932) A Handbook of Some South Indian Weeds. Madras: Government Press.]<br />
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/52946 A handbook of some south Indian grasses (1921)]<br />
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