Ambat Sivarama Menon

Ambat Sivarama Menon was a pre-independence Indian politician. He was the first elected minister of an Indian state. Born in 1878, Menon was the second of four children and only son of Ambat Ikkali Amma and Champathil Nanu Mannadiar. Graduating from Madras Law College, Menon practised at the Madras High Court. An authority on the Marumakkathayam law of succession, he served as examiner for the law degree examinations of Madras University. Menon died due to cardiac arrest on August 30, 1939, during an official visit to his home town, Chittur. * v * t * e

Ambat Sivarama Menon

Ambat Sivarama Menon was a pre-independence Indian politician. He was the first elected minister of an Indian state. Born in 1878, Menon was the second of four children and only son of Ambat Ikkali Amma and Champathil Nanu Mannadiar. Graduating from Madras Law College, Menon practised at the Madras High Court. An authority on the Marumakkathayam law of succession, he served as examiner for the law degree examinations of Madras University. Menon died due to cardiac arrest on August 30, 1939, during an official visit to his home town, Chittur. * v * t * e