India, May 5 -- One of the Constitution makers from Mysore State

The historic N. Madhava Rau Circle, popularly known as Agrahara Circle, is set for redevelopment at a cost of Rs. 50 lakh. In this article, Dr. N. Madhava Rau's granddaughter recalls her grandfather's contributions to the Indian Constitution and makes an appeal to retain the Circle's name as 'Dewan Nyapathi Madhava Rau Circle.'

By Dr. Veena Ravikumar

Since Constitutionalism is in the air and most definitely in Karnataka, it is time to focus on the Constitution-makers from Mysore State.

Two of the venerable ones were the former Dewan of Mysore, as a Drafting Committee Member of the Constituent Assembly, Nyapathi Madhava Rau and the other, Sir Benegal Rao, as Constitutiona...