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[[Diwan Bahadur]] '''Sir Kasaragod Patanashetti Lakshmana Rao''' (15 December 1887 - ?) was an Indian lawyer who served as a [[judge]] of the [[Madras High Court]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Lakshmana Rao was born in [[Madras]] on 15 December 1887 in a [[Goud Saraswat Brahmin]] (GSB) family which traced its origins to [[South Canara]].<ref name="whoswhop87">{{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=87|year=1938|publisher=Pearl Press}}</ref> Lakshmana Rao had his education in Madras and graduated from the [[Presidency College, Madras]].<ref name="whoswhop87" /> On graduating, Lakshmana Rao studied law at the [[Madras Law College]] and enrolled as a ''vakil''.<ref name="whoswhop87" /><br />
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== Career as judge ==<br />
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In 1930, Lakshmana Rao was appointed acting judge of the Madras High Court. His appointment was confirmed after a few years. One of the important cases heard by him in his tenure was the [[Lakshmikanthan Murder Case]]. He was knighted in the [[1946 Birthday Honours]] list, the year before independence.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/37598/supplements/2757 The London Gazette, 13 June 1946]</ref><br />
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== Other activities ==<br />
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Lakshmana Rao also played [[cricket]] and was a [[fast medium]] bowler for the Madras Cricket Club.<ref name="muthiahp245">[[#Muthiah|Muthiah]], p 245</ref> In 1936, he was elected to the Club, one of the first Indians to be accepted and in 1947, he became one of the Club's office-bearers.<ref name="muthiahp441">[[#Muthiah|Muthiah]], p 441</ref><ref name="muthiahp448">[[#Muthiah|Muthiah]], p 448</ref><br />
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Lakshmana Rao, however, was more popular as a [[lawn tennis]] player and was a part of the team which won the doubles' title in the first South Indian Lawn Championship Tournament held in Madras in 1917.<ref name="muthiahp332">[[#Muthiah|Muthiah]], p 332</ref><ref name="muthiahp336">[[#Muthiah|Muthiah]], p 336</ref><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* {{cite book|title=The spirit of Chepauk: the MCC story, a 150 year sporting tradition|first=S.|last=Muthiah|year=1998|publisher=East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd|authorlink=S. Muthiah|ref=Muthiah}}<br />
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