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'''Kasturiranga Santhanam''' (1895 – 28 February 1980), also known as Kumitithadal Santhanam, was an [[India]]n [[politician]]. He was a conservative [[Iyengar]] from Tamil Nadu and acquired the appellation 'Pandit' for his erudition.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Santhanam obtained a Master of Arts degree in mathematics from the University of Madras (St. Joseph's College, Trichy) and later a law degree from the Law College of Madras, now known as [[Chennai]]. He joined the [[Indian National Congress]] and participated in the [[Indian Independence Movement]] at a young age and was imprisoned once for that. He was a follower of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and his wife died while at the [[Sabarmati Ashram|Gandhi Ashram]], while he was in jail. From 1937 to 1942, he was a member of the [[Imperial Legislative Assembly]], and from 1946 was a member of the [[Indian Constituent Assembly]], from 1948 serving as Union Minister for Railways and Transport in [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'s cabinet. He stood as a Congress candidate for the [[Lok Sabha|House of the People]] from Mayuram in Tanjore district, but lost to a Communist candidate. In February 1952, he was appointed as the Governor of [[Vindhya Pradesh]].<ref>''[[The Hindu]]'' dated 15 February 1952, ''[http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/02/15/stories/2002021500320800.htm New Lieutenant-Governors] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041110032549/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/02/15/stories/2002021500320800.htm |date=10 November 2004 }}'' online</ref><br />
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==Santhanam committee==<br />
In 1962, [[Lal Bahadur Sastri]] appointed Santhanam to preside over the committee on anti-corruption. Because of its thorough investigative work and recommendations, the Committee earned a reputation as Santhanam's Committee on Anti-Corruption. In his 1976 'Code of Conduct for persons in power, authority or positions of trust in our country', he explicitly included ministers and members of Parliament and state legislatures. There should be no use of position for personal or family advantage, read his code; no actions motivated by considerations of party, religion, caste, or community; no unofficial dealings with businessmen or hospitality or gifts accepted from them or other private persons.<ref name="Austin">{{Cite book | last = Austin | first = Granville | title = Working a Democratic Constitution – A History of the Indian Experience | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 1999 | location = New Delhi | page = 642 | isbn = 019565610-5 }}</ref><br />
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The Santhanam committee is credited with the creation of the CENTRAL VIGILANCE COMMISSION in 1964 which was conferred statutory status in 2003.<br />
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==Contribution==<br />
Santhanam was also instrumental in shaping the politics in post-Independence [[Tamil Nadu]], through his close association with [[C. Rajagopalachari|Rajaji]] and [[Kamaraj]]. He served as the first editor of the ''[[Indian Express]]'' (1933–1940) and later worked as the joint editor of the ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' (1943–1948). He was well-versed in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Sanskrit]], and [[English language|English]]. His literary contributions are many. Most of Santhanam's work was published by [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]], including ''An Anthology of Indian Literature'' (1969), ''Gospel of Gandhi'' (1967), and ''British Imperialism and Indian Nationalism'' (1972). Santhanam also translated [[Kālidāsa]]'s ''[[Abhijñānaśākuntalam|Shakuntala]]'' and Bhavabuti's ''Uttara Rama Charitam'', both from Sanskrit.<br />
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==Personal life and death==<br />
Santhanam died in 1980 and was survived by three sons and a daughter, namely S.Kasthuri, the eldest and a distinguished marine engineer who retired as the first Director of [[Cochin Shipyard Ltd.]], Mrs. Lakshmi Srinivasan, a devout housewife, whose husband was a distinguished executive engineer in Tamil Nadu government, K.S. Rajagopalan, a noted international expert on electro-chemistry, corrosion theory and corrosion control and a prominent research director at the [[Central Electrochemical Research Institute]], Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu and K.S. Ramanujan, a well known journalist who served as Associate Editor for [[Hindustan Times]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Central Vigilance Commission]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/apcity/unpan047816.pdf Tummala, Krishna T (2009): Combating Corruption – Lessons out of India, International Public Management Review (IPMR), Vol.1, Issue 10, 2009]<br />
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