Nittoor Srinivasa Rau
Hon'ble Chief Justice (Retd.) Nittoor Srineevasa Rau | |
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| 1st Central Vigilance Commissioner | |
| In office 19 February 1964 – 23 August 1968 | |
| Appointed by | S. Radhakrishnan |
| Prime Minister | Jawahar Lal Nehru |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | S. 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 by | Rajendra Prasad |
| Preceded by | S. R. Das Gupta |
| Succeeded by |
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| Judge of Mysore High Court | |
| In office 11 June 1955 – 28 March 1962 | |
| Appointed by | Rajendra Prasad |
Acting Chief Justice | |
| In office 17 July 1957 – 24 July 1957 | |
| Appointed by | Rajendra Prasad |
| Preceded by | R. Venkataramaiah |
| Succeeded by | S. R. Das Gupta |
| Advocate General of Mysore | |
| In office 1953 – 10 June 1955 | |
| Appointed by | Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar (Rajpramukh of Mysore) |
| Chief Minister | Kengal Hanumanthaiah |
| Preceded by | A. R. Somanath Iyer |
| Succeeded by | G. R. Yethirajulu Naidu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 24, 1903 |
| Died | August 12, 2004 (aged 100) |
| Spouse | Padmamma |
| Relations | C. K. Nagaraja Rao (nephew) E. C. George Sudarshan (son-in-law) |
| Education | B.Sc and LL.B |
| Alma mater | Central 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.