About P Raghavendra Rau
Lived 1889 – 1942 (aged 52–53). P Raghavendra Rau was an Indian banker, politician and civil servant.
Sir Panambur Raghavendra Rau, IAAS (24 May 1889 – 23 January 1942) was an Indian civil servant.
He was born in Panambur in 1889. He studied at Kundapur High School where he won the M.R.R.Y. Medal for standing first in the Presidency Matriculation Examination in 1904. In 1907, he graduated from Madras Christian College, in which he stood first in all the examinations at the university level, winning the prestigious Gunn Medal.
He was knighted in 1937. Sir P Raghavendra Rau was also the first Indian to sign the one-rupee note but it never went into circulation because he died in 1942 from diabetes before he officially became finance secretary.
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Who was P Raghavendra Rau?
Indian banker
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P Raghavendra Rau was born on 1 July 1889.
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P Raghavendra Rau died in 1942.
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P Raghavendra Rau was a banker, politician and civil servant.
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P Raghavendra Rau was Indian.
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