Nittoor Srinivasa Rau

Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.)
Nittoor Srineevasa Rau
1st Central Vigilance Commissioner
In office
19 February 1964 – 23 August 1968
Appointed byS. Radhakrishnan
Prime MinisterJawahar Lal Nehru
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byS. Dutt
3rd Chief Justice of Mysore High Court
In office
29 March 1962 – 7 August 1963
Acting CJ : 14 August 1961 - 28 March 1962
Appointed byRajendra Prasad
Preceded byS. R. Das Gupta
Succeeded by
Judge of Mysore High Court
In office
11 June 1955 – 28 March 1962
Appointed byRajendra Prasad
Acting Chief Justice
In office
17 July 1957 – 24 July 1957
Appointed byRajendra Prasad
Preceded byR. Venkataramaiah
Succeeded byS. R. Das Gupta
Advocate General of Mysore
In office
1953 – 10 June 1955
Appointed byJayachamarajendra Wadiyar (Rajpramukh of Mysore)
Chief MinisterKengal Hanumanthaiah
Preceded byA. R. Somanath Iyer
Succeeded byG. R. Yethirajulu Naidu
Personal details
Born(1903-08-24)August 24, 1903
DiedAugust 12, 2004(2004-08-12) (aged 100)
SpousePadmamma
RelationsC. K. Nagaraja Rao (nephew)
E. C. George Sudarshan (son-in-law)
EducationB.Sc and LL.B
Alma materCentral College, Bangalore, Madras Law College
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Nittoor Srinivasa Rao or Nittur Srinivasa Rao (24 August 1903 – 12 August 2004) was a Gandhian who participated in the Indian independence movement. He was a Chief Justice of the High Court of Mysore State (now Karnataka) and also the first chief of the Central Vigilance Commission of India. He was an acting Governor of the Mysore state and the first person to translate Mahatma Gandhi's autobiography into the Kannada language.