P. N. Krishnamurti

Sir Purniah Narasinga Rao Krishnamurti KCIE (12 August 1849 – 1911) was an Indian lawyer and administrator who served as the Diwan of Mysore kingdom from 1901 to 1906. He was a direct descendant of Dewan Purnaiah, the first Dewan of Mysore.

Early life and education

Krishnamurti was born on 12 August 1849 in the Mysore kingdom and was educated at Bangalore. He graduated in law from the University of Madras and joined the Mysore service as Assistant Superintendent in 1870. After the restoration of the throne to the Wodeyar dynasty, Krishnamurti served as a judge of the Chief Court before being appointed Diwan in 1901. On 3 August 1905, whilst he was Dewan, electric lighting was introduced in Bangalore (the first city in India to get electric street lighting). He was also the Fifth Jagirdar of Yelandur Yelandur estate. He had two children, one of whom - a daughter Padmamma - survived to adulthood.

Honours

Krishnamurti was made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1897 and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1903.

Descendents

Great Grandchildren: Vatsala Rao, Sadanand Baily, Vimala Srinivas, Sona Rao, Venkat Rao, Parimala Rao, Surekha Raghavendran, Chandrika Pradeep; Great Great Grandchildren: Manjunath, Ananth Dodabalapur, Supriya Baily, Sudarshan Baily, Anita Kashyap, Anjali Bettadapur, Pramod Venkat Rao, Pramita, Prassana Venkat Rao, CR Arvind, Dhatri Pradeep

References

• Mysore Gazetteer. p. 3144.