12.11.1879

Born on Deepavali Day at Wandiwash, North Arcot about two hours before dawn. Only child of C.R. Pattabhirama Aiyar, City Civil Judge, and Seethalakshmi Ammal (Rangammal).

1895 

Married Seethammal, daughter of   C.V. Sundara Sastri and sister of Justice Sir  C.V. Kumaraswami Sastri, Judge, Madras  High  Court.

Three sons - C.R. Pattabhi Raman, C.R. Venkatasub­ban and C.R. Sundaram – were born to C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar and Seethammal.

Educated in Wesley College, High School, Madras. Bible Prizeman - Peter Cater prize.

B.A., Presidency College - First Class and Gold medallist in English, Mathematics and Sanskrit; Double graduate - B.A., Madras Law College.

Endeavoured to become an Assistant Profes­sor in Presidency College, but advised against it by his father.

1903-1916 

Enrolled as Vakil and soon became leader of the Original Side of Madras High Court; was engaged in several important cases; appeared and won in Besant Vs. Narayaniah (guardianship case against Dr. Besant for custody of J. Krishnamurthi by his father); appeared in the Ashe murder case; helped and supported, along with Dr. Besant, Subramanya Bharathi, Siva and also V.O. Chidambaram Pillai in his shipping company - a pioneering Indian shipping venture.

Member, Madras Corporation, where he took active interest for several terms. His work as Corporator is referred to in J.C. Molony's book on Madras.

1916-1918

Secretary of the All India Home Rule League; was about to be interned along with
Dr. Besant, Dr. Arundale and Wadia in Ootacamund; Messrs Telang, M.A. Jinnah,
Kanji Dwarakadas, Motilal Nehru, Rajah of Mahmoodabad, Bhagawandass,
C.R. Das, Hasan Imam, Omer  Sobani, Satchitananda Sinha, Sri Prakasa,
Jawaharlal Nehru, Manjeri Rama  Iyer, Ranganatha Mudaliar  and others 
collaborate in the Home  Rule League activities.

Edited NEW  INDIA during  Dr. Besant's internment and for some time thereafter; stood  
surety for BANDEMATARAM Newspaper (connected with Sri Aurobindo Ghosh
and others), Cal­cutta, when, under the Press Act, security proceed­ings  were started
against it During this period, he travelled extensively throughout India, Ceylon and Burma.

1917-1918

Secretary of the Indian National Congress. Later he and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru were Joint Secretaries

1918

Fellow of the Madras University and Member of the Syndicate.

1919

One of the first High Court vakils to be enrolled as an Advocate of the Madras High Court.

Earliest to initiate Writ procedure in High Court, Madras: G.A. Natesan Vs. University of Madras and Dr. Annie Besant Vs. Government of Madras.

 1919

Declined Judgeship of the Madras High Court, making the famous statement, "I  prefer to talk nonsense for a short while, to hearing  it all  day long" in his letter thanking the Chief Justice  of Madras for the offer.

1919

Elected as Member of the Legislative Council under the Reformed Constitution from Madras City.

1920

Advocate-General for the Presidency of Madras. He was one of the youngest men to become official leader of the Bar in pre-Independent India.

1921-1923

Guided the enactment of several Acts, including the City Municipalities Act, the Madras Local Boards Act, etc. Presided over the first All India Lawyers' Conference at Allahabad, where he suggested a benevolent fund for Lawyers.

Provincial Commissioner of Boy Scouts and presided over the first All- India Scout and Guide Jamboree in Madras; Recipient of Silver Wolf.  Highest award for the Scouts - Secured Wenlock Park on the Marina Beach for Scout and Guide headquarters; also at Coonoor.

1923-1928

Law Member of the Executive Council, Government of Madras, first during Lord Willingdon's and later during Lord Goschen's Governership; in charge of Law, Police, Irrigation and Ports, Electricity etc. Initiated Bhavani project and Cochin, Tuticorin and Visakhapatnam Port Schemes.

Responsible for the Mettur, Pykara projects. He was called the “Father of Hydro-Electricity” in South India. Processed Tungabhadra   Project in spite of opposition from the Nizam's Government.

Spoke about the plan for linking up the Ganges and, at a later stage, the Brahmaputra, with the Cauvery river. Later, in 1954, he gave a Scheme to the Government of India at their request.

1926

Knight Commander of the Indian Empire (KCIE),  a title conferred on him by the British.

1926-1927

India's Delegate at the League of Nations, Geneva.

Rapporteur of the League of Nations Committee on Public Health, Geneva.

 1927

Member of the Executive Council, Government of Madras.

Inaugurated the Madras Music Academy, one of the outstanding music organisations in India.

1928-1931

Stood for election and was elected first to the Legislative Assembly at Delhi and, later, to the Council of State.

He thus completed successful elections to the Madras University, Madras Corpora­tion, Madras Legislative Council, Legislative Assembly at Delhi and Council of State, Delhi.

1928-1936

Resumed Law Practice; appeared for Pandit  Motilal Nehru  in the defamation case against C.S.  Ranga Iyer; appeared for the Maharajah of Patiala and Nawab of Bhopal and advised several other princes such as Maharajah Holkar of Indore, Maharajah of Kashmir and others.

1931

Delegate to the First Indian Round Table Confer­ence in London

1931

Law Member, Government of India. Played an important part in Mahatma Gandhi attending the Second Round Table Conference.

1932

Delegate to the Third Round Table Conference.

1932

Member for Commerce, Industries, and Railways of the Government of India and Leader of the Council of State. Strove to abolish the traditional division of Indian army personnel into "martial and non-martial races".

1932-1936

Constitutional   Adviser to the Maharajah of Travancore.

1933 

Member of the Joint Select Committee of the British Parliament, which considered Indian Reforms.

1933 

Sole   Indian delegate to the World   Economic Conference.

1934 

Drafted a Constitution for Kashmir.

1936-1947

Dewan  (Chief Minister) of Travancore.

He was instrumental in introducing the Temple Entry Proclamation promulgated in 1936 by the Maharajah of Travancore. This was the first step taken in India to abolish untouchability by direct government action. Mahatma Gandhi expressed great satisfaction and addressed meetings throughout Travancore praising him.

As Dewan, he initiated the Pechipara Hydro-electric Scheme, the Periyar Game Sanctuary and other irrigation projects. He inaugurated many industries including the Fertiliser and Chemicals, Travancore (FACT), Travancore Rayon, Cement, Aluminium, etc. He enlarged and reorganised laminated   wood furniture   and   screw 
pine industries. He introduced, for the first time, graded agricultural income tax and abolished land revenue; he expanded the Pallivasal Hydro-Electric Project.

The Maharaja conferred on him the new title of Sachivottama , which means “Supreme Counsellor of the King” in Sanskrit as a token of his warm appreciation of his loyalty and devotion. 

He revived Maharajah Swati Tirunal’s compositions and helped in founding the Swati Tirunal Academy at Trivandrum.

Renovated and added land  (acquired by the Travancore Government) to Sankara's birth place and temple on the river bank at Kalady. Here he received His Holiness Chandrasekara Bharathi Swamigal of Sringeri. His Holiness stayed at Kalady for some months at his request.

Did pioneering work for the Vivekananda Rock at Cape Comorin and built guesthouses at Kanyakumari. He renovated the Padmanabhapuram Palace of Marthanda Varma's days (now a museum) and expanded the Trivandrum Art Gallery.

Founder and First Vice-Chancellor of the Travancore University. Established the Marine Biological Institute; organized mineral sands, rare earth and titanium products industries.

1939 

Awarded honorary L.L.D.  degree by the Travancore University.

1939

Shashtiabdapoorthy (sixtieth birthday)

On the occasion of his Shashtiabdapoorthi, he gave up all inherited immovable properties to the members of his family and his relations in distress; he donated properties and amounts worth about Rupees five lakhs to charities, some of which formed part of the Samaveda Patasala Trust, Kancheepuram, founded by his son C.R. Pattabhi Raman under the trusteeship of His Holiness Sankaracharya Swamigal of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam.

He gave Rs.50,000/- to the Travancore University, Rs.25,000/- to   the Madras University and Rs.25, 000/- in Trust for Indological studies.

Formed the first Lawyers' Provident Fund to help indigent lawyers who had fallen on bad days and donated Rs.35, 000/- for the Fund to the Madras Advocates' Association. He was the first in India to envisage and establish such a found. (He had referred to this scheme when delivering the presidential address to the All India Lawyers' Conference  in Allahabad in 1921).

1939-1940

Appeared for the State of Travancore in the Periyar Arbitration Case. He was opposed by Sri   Alladi Krishnaswami Iyer, Advocate-General of Madras. The award by the Umpire was in favour of Travancore. Periyar Project enlarged thereafter.

1940 

First to nationalize road transport in India and responsible for the construction of the first cement concrete road from Trivandrum to Cape Comorin. First in India to start aluminium, ceramic, fertilizer, rayon and other industries with major government collaboration.

First to abolish capital punishment.

First to introduce adult franchise.

First to appoint a lady advocate – Mrs. Anna Chandy - as District Judge. She later became the first Indian woman High Court Judge.

First to introduce free mid-day meal scheme for poor children. He inaugurated the Vanchi Poor Fund and Seetha Lakshmi Ammal Anna Dhana Samajam (named after his mother).

Started extensive tapioca cultivation.

Steps taken for storing of rice in modern godowns to meet the food crisis during World War II. Procured rice from various sources including Burma to avoid shortages.

1941

The British conferred the title Knight Commander of the Star of India (KCSI) on him.

1942

Member of the Governor-General's Council for Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.

Resigned in August after 17 days in   office on differing from the Government of the day and by way of protest against the non-supply of newspapers to Gandhiji and inability to meet Gandhiji during the later's detention.

1945

One of the Founders of the Vivekananda College, Mylapore, and gave a personal donation of Rs.20, 000/-

Agreed to be Vice-President of Kalakshetra at the request of Smt. Rukmini Devi;

Chairman Mahamahopadhyaya U.V. Swaminadha Iyer library & manuscripts collection;

Patron  of the Besant Theosopical High School. along with Rabindranath   Tagore

1946

Resigned from Dewanship of Travancore but was persuaded to return.

1947

Attempt made on his life by conspirators in response to the Maharaja’s refusal to accede to the Indian Union.

Resigned from Dewanship of Travancore

1948

Returned the titles K.C.S.I. and KCIE in a letter to the Governor-General.

1948

Visited U.S.A. and South America on a lecture tour on Hindu philosophy and Indian culture.

1949-1950

Professor of the American Academy of Asian Studies at California. Lectured at the Yale, Stanford, Berkley, and other Universities on Indian Philosophy and Culture and other subjects.

1949

Delegate to the East West Philosophical Congress at Honolulu.

1950

Delegate to the International PEN conference.

1950

On the invitation of the British Council, visited industrial   and university centres   in   Great Britain.

1951

Delegate to the PEN conference.

1952

Visited Australia and New Zealand.

1952

Rotary Governor.

26.1.1955

Vice-Chancellor, Annamalai University. At   the request of the Government of India, accepted Vice-Chancellorship of Banaras Hindu University also. (First person in India to be Vice-Chancellor of two Universities at the same time).

Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Library Building opened in Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram.

1.7.1954
to 3.7.1956

Vice-Chancellor of the Banaras Hindu University.

1953

Member of the Indian Press Commission.

1955

Leader of the Indian Universities Delegation to China. Sent a report to Government on the political situation in China and her policy vis-à-vis India, predicting the India-China fallout. His report was ignored by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

1955

Member of the University Grants Commission, later Chairman.

1955

Awarded Honorary D. Litt. Degree by the Annamalai University.

1956

Awarded Honorary LL. D.  Degree by the   Banaras University. Delegate to the International P.E.N. Conference.

1956

Delivered Maharaja Sayaji Rao Lecture, Baroda.

1957

Awarded Honorary D. Litt. Degree by the   Madras University.

1959

Shathabhishekam  (80^th birthday). A publication  C.P. at 80 - an appreciation of his life and work - was brought out by his admirers, with contributions from several eminent scholars.

1960

Awarded   Honorary LL. D.  Degree by   the University of Mysore.

1960-1962

Chairman   of   the Hindu   Religious   Endowment Commission, Government of India.

His report is still an authority on temples, maths and puja vidhis.

1961

Member of the Punjab Commission, Government of India.

1962

Chairman of the National Integration Committee on Regionalism, Government of India. As a result of the report, Parliament passed a Bill making the demand for secession an offence.

1962

Chairman of the Standing Committee on University Education, Government of India.

1962

Delivered the inaugural Chitale Lecture of the University of Madras.

14.11.62

Assumed charge, for the second time, as Vice-Chancellor of Annamalai University.

1963

Delegate   to   the   Commonwealth    Universities Conference.

1965

President of the Inter-University Board of India and Ceylon and Chairman of its Standing Committee.

1965 

Delivered the first Malaviya Memorial Lectures at the Banaras Hindu University.

Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Hostel opened in Banaras, as also a new temple in the University Campus, with Panchamukha (five-faced) Shiva Linga and Devi, sculptured in Madras.

1965

Represented the Inter-University Board of India and Ceylon at the Quinennial Conference of the International Association of Universities at Tokyo.

13.11.1965

Delivered the Convocation address of the Annamalai University.

8.1.1966

Delivered the Rajaji birthday Lecture at the Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs at Bangalore

13.9.1966

Left for England to deliver lectures in Oxford and London and to inaugurate Mahatma Gandhi Institute as also to collect material from the India office and the British Museum, London, for his book  "A History of My Times". (Four completed chapters appeared in Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Journal from October 1967, after his death).

26.9.1966

Passed away suddenly and peacefully, sitting in an armchair, at the National Liberal Club in London at about 11.30 a.m.

7.10.1966

THE C.P. RAMASWAMI AIYAR FOUNDATION, a cultural and educational centre for organising and administering studies and research in subjects dear to the heart of Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar founded by his friends and admirers as a registered society. The family house, "The Grove", belonging to his eldest son C.R. Pattabhi Raman was gifted by him to the Foundation in 1968.

Other milestones

1903-1921

Trustee, Pachiappa's College Trust and, along with Dr. Annie Besant, acquired present grounds for building the Chetput hostel; Sri Masilamani  Pil­lai, later High Court Judge, assisted him in the Pachayappa's College Trust.

Founder of Soma Sundara  Kanya Vidyalaya (S.S.K.V.) Girls' High School, Kancheepuram.

Founder of Y.M.I.A. Madras.

Trustee of Madras Sanskrit College,  Mylapore.

First President of the Chintadripet High School; Active member Madras Anjuman Muslim Association and Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Won prizes for gardening as member of Madras Agri-horticultural Society.

A keen rider and good horseman; tennis player and Doubles champion, M.U.C.

One of the Founders of the Indian Bank Ltd. & its first Director - the building & property stand in his name.

One of the founders along with Ramaswami Iyengar and C. Ramanujachariar of the Ramakrishna Poor Home  - later became Ramakrishna Students Home.

Helped and supported Dr. Pat­tabhi Sitharamayya in his work in the Andhra Jatheeya Kalasala founded by Hanumantha Rao at Masulipatam, Andhra Pradesh.

Gazette extraordinary issued on 10th March 1928 on Mr. C.P.Ramaswami Aiyar relinquishing office as Member and Vice-President of the Governor's Executive Council, Madras.

PUBLIC DEPARTMENT

G.O. No.240                                                                                                 Dated 10th March 1928
                                                                                                                      Read the following papers:-

O R D E R

The  following notifications will be published in  the  Fort St. George Gazette as a Gazette Extraordinary:-

NOTIFICATIONS

I

Whereas the Honorable Sir Chetput  Pattabhirama  Ramaswami Ayyar,  Knight Commander of the Most Eminent Order of Indian Empire has  on the afternoon of the 10th March 1928 vacated the office of a Member of  the Executive Council of the Government of Madras, and whereas His Majesty  the King Emperor of India has been graciously pleased to appoint Tiruvalangadu Raju Sastri Venkatarama Sastri, Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, to be a Member of the said Council in the room and place  of the  said Sir Chetput Pattabhirama Ramaswami Ayyar, it is  hereby  notified that  the Hon. Mr. Tiruvalangadu Raju Sastri Venkatarama Sastri has on  the afternoon of this day taken upon himself the execution of his office.

2.  His Excellency the Governor in Council desires to take this opportunity to place on record his high appreciation of the services which the Hon'ble Sir C.P. Ramaswami Ayyar has rendered to the State during his term of office as Advocate-General and Member of Council. Sir Ramaswami Ayyar's high legal attainments, his powers of exposition and skill in debate have been of marked assistance to His Excellency in Council, and in the administration of the departments committed to his charge he has displayed a versatility, enthusiasm and energy which has materially helped to inaugurate and advance undertakings such as the Cauvery-Mettur project and schemes for the utilisation of Hydro-electric resources. The execution of these schemes will greatly influence the agricultural and industrial development of the Presidency.

(By order of the Governor in Council)

A.Y.G. CAMPBELL,
Chief Secretary to Government

/True copy/

PUBLICATIONS BY Sir C.P.

Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar was a scholar in English, Tamil, Sanskrit and French. He published many books, and booklets on politics, economics, Indian culture, philosophy, religion, etc.

He delivered twenty-one Convocation Addresses at various Indian Universities, which were brought out in book form by Annamalai University, Chidambaram.

1. Criticism of the Montagu Chelmsford Reforms - 1918.

2. Memorandum & Evidence Before Joint Committee - 1919.

3. Presidential Address to the All India Lawyers Conference Allahabad - 1921.

4. Women in Vedic & Post Vedic Times - 1926.

5. Present Crisis - Commonwealth Office – Adyar, Madras.

6. Federal Idea - Sri Krishna Rajendra Silver Jubilee Lecture - Mysore.

7. Indian Political Theories - Ri Hon'ble Srinivasa Sastri Lecture.

8. World Forces and Super State - Address to Theosophical Convention, 1939

9. Selections from Writings and Speeches - Edited by Mr. P.G. Sahasranama Aiyar - 1943 Trivandrum

10. Pen Portraits, Essays and Addresses - Hind Kitabs, Bombay.

11. Phases of Religion and Culture - Hind Kitabs, Bombay.

12. Cultural Freedom and other Essays - Published by S. Viswanathan.

13. Treatment of Landscape in Eastern and Western Poetry - 1955.

14. Fundamentals of Hindu Faith and Culture - Ganesh & Co., 1959.

15. Hinduism and Jainism - Indian Gazeteer - Government of India.

16. Dr. Annie Besant - a Biography - Publications Division - Government of India.

17. Hinduism and Tolerance - UNESCO Publications.

18. India and the World of Art - Chitale Lectures.

19. Uniqueness of Sri Sankaracharaya.

20. Administration, Then and Now, 1960.

21. Indian Universities - 19 Convocation Addresses - Annamalai University, 1964.

22. Biographical Vistas, - Asia Publishing House, Bombay, 1967.

23. Psychology, Western and Eastern, Madras Psychology Conference, 1959.

24. All India Convention of Race Relations, Presidential Address, World Religions.

25. "C.P." on Himself - Illustrated Weekly of India, November 1959.

26. Indian Culture - Munshi Endowment Lectures, 1960 - Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay.

27. How to Avert Disintegration - Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay, 1960.

28. Chinese Aggression - Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay, 1962.

For further details see also PUBLICATIONS

FOREWORDS, INTRODUCTIONS, AND PREFACES TO VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS.

1. Introduction to "Swathi Tirunal's Kirthanams".

2. Foreword  to  "India's  Legacy - The World's  Heritage"  by  Ranganatha Punja.

3. Introduction to"What Shall We Do" by S.R. Narayana Aiyar.

4. Foreword to "Hindu Culture" by K. Guru Dutt, 1944.

5. Introduction  to  "A Primer of Sanskrit Literature" by K.S. Ramaswami Sastri.

6. Foreword to "Beggar Princess" by Dilip Kumar Roy.

7. Foreword to "Horticulture" by Dr. S. Krishnamurti.

8. Foreword to "Vidura Neeti" by P.N. Menon.

9. Foreword to "Indo-Chinese Relations" by Chou Esiang Kuang.

10. Foreword to "Kannagi - Kovalan" by Narayanan Nair.

11. Foreword to "Sikkhism" by Bhair Jodh Singh.

12. Foreword to "Agricultural Economics in India and China" by D. Seshadri Sastri.

13. Foreword to "Book of Talent" by K.S. Krishnamurthi.

14. Foreword to "Tamil Translation of Milton's Paradise Lost" by R.P. Kulandai.

15. Foreword to "S. Srinivasa Raghava Aiyengar" by K. Ranga Raghavan.

16. Foreword to "Select Speeches of Dr.A.L. Mudaliyar".

17. Foreword to "Soundarya Lahri" by Ganesh & Co.

18. Foreword to "Para Psychology" by Dr.Atreya.

19. Foreword to "Nityanand" by Y.G.Krishnamurthi.

20. Foreword to "The Call of the Jagatguru" by Ganesh & Co.

21. Foreword to "Kanchi" by Dr.M.K. Srinivasan.

22. Foreword to "Aesthetic Philosophy of India" by H.H. Maharajah, Mysore.

23. Foreword to "My Sathabhishekam" by K.S.R. Sastri.

24. Introduction to "Throne of Transcendental Wisdom".

25. Preface to "Balancing Technique" Sri Krishna Swaroop.

26. Preface to "Faces of Indian Culture" by R.Srinivasan.

27. Foreword to "Teachings of Maha Yogi Gorakhnath".

28. Foreword to "The White Umbralla" by Mackenzie Brown - London.

29. Introduction to "Indian Languages" by Sunti Kumar Chatterji.

30. Foreword to "Yogasana" by Yogi N.Rajan.

31. Foreword to Sankara's Teachings in his own Words.

32. Foreword to General Book on Astronomy H.Subrahmania Iyer, Trivandrum.

33. Foreword to Concise Astronomy by H.Subrahmania Iyer, Trivandrum.

34. Foreword to "Collection of Stotras" by Y. Mahalinga Sastri.

35. Foreword to "Cauvery - Mettur Project" by K.S. Sonachalam, 1963.

36. Foreword to "Adi Sankara Bhagavan" by Yogi Sudhananda Bharathi.

37. Foreword to "K.R.R. Sastri's Reminiscences"

38. Foreword to "Four Chola Temples" by S.R. Balasubramanian.

39. Introduction to "S. Kasturi Ranga Aiyangar" by V.K. Narasimhan, Publications Division, Govt. of India.

40. Foreword to "Poornadvaita Gospel" by K.S.R. Sastri.

41. Foreword to "Saiva Siddhanta" by Prof. R. Ramanujachari.

42. Preface to "U.N.O." by Jaganou Diagou - Pondicherri.

43. Preface to "Kamba Ramayanam" by Pondicherri.

44. Foreword to "Sociology" by Dr. Kewal Motwani.

45. Foreword to "Let us Wake up" by General Cariappa.

46. Foreword to "Manickavasagar's Tiruvachakam" by N. Kandasami Pillai.

47. Foreword to "Kamba Ramayanam-Aranya Kandam" published by Annamalai University.

48. Foreword to "Tamil Country under Vijayanagaram" by Dr. Krishnaswami Pillai.

49. Foreword to "Acharya Hridayam" by G. Damodaran.

50. Preface to "Vilambi Nayanar's Nan Mani Kadhigai".

51. Foreword to "Dr. Rangachari" by Mrs. Rajam Krishnan.

52. Introduction to "India's Fight for Freedom" by Kanji Dwarakadas.

53. Foreword to "History of Tamil Literature" by Prof. T.P. Meenakshisundaram.

54. Foreword to "Cultural Developments in the Chola Period" by S.R. Krishnamurthi.

55. Foreword to "Translation of Kural" by Mons Ganou Diagow, Pondicherri.

56. Foreword to "Dr. P.S. Loganathan".

57. Introduction  to "The Japjee" by Sri. Surendra Singh Majithia  and  Y.G. Krishnamurthi, 1966.

58. Foreword  to "Kamba Ramayanam" - Translation of Cantos 7 to 14 by S. Nilakanta Sastri.

59. God in Saiva Siddanta - by T.M.P. Mahadevan, Madras.

60. Foreword to Gayakha Sikhamani Prof. Muthiah Bhagavathar's -  Thyagaraja Vijayam in Sanskrit.

61. Foreword   to Sri. K.  Chandrasekharan's Biography of his father V. Krishnaswami Aiyar - Kalaimagal Publication.

62. Foreword to Ramayana Triveni by Sri. K. Chandrasekharan - Central Art Press, 1954

63. Foreword to "The Nature of Creative Art" by K.S. Venkataramani - Svetaranya Ashrama, Mylapore,
Madras-4.

64. Foreword to "Astrology or Destiny and Cosmic Factors" by V. Gore, M.Sc., D.Sc., College of Science, Rajpur.

65. Foreword  - "Om" A Guide to Yoga Asanas" by Yogiraj V. Subramanya  Bua, The Yoga Kendram, Palghat.

66. Introduction  to  "The Throne of Transcendental Wisdom"  Sringeri  Sarda Pitha by K.R. Venkataraman.- Sarada Pitha, Sringeri.

67. World Parliament of Religious April 1953 - Inaugural address & articles Sivananda Ashram Rishiksh.

68. Foreword to Numismatic parellels of Kalidasa by Dr. C. Siva Ramamurthy, Curator, National Museum, New Delhi.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE SANSKRIT EDUCATION SOCIETY (REGD.)
14, East Mada Street, Mylapore, Madras -4.

1. "The  Teaching of Sanskrit" by Prof. K. Rama Varma Raja -  Foreword  by Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar, B.G. Paul & Co.

2. "The Krdantarupamala" by Pandit Ramasubba Sastri - Foreword by Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar - B.G. Paul & Co.

3. "The New Model Sanskrit Grammar" by Sri Krishna Iyengar - Foreword by Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar - B.G. Paul & Co.

4. "The  Sabdatarangini"  by  Panditaraja  Sastraratnakara  V.  Subramania Sastri- Foreword by Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar - B.G. Paul & Co.

5. "The  Prataparudravasobhusana" of Vidyanatha Standard Alankara  Work  -Foreword by Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar - B.G. Paul & Co.

6. "The Avyaya Kosa" Compiled by Pandit Sri Srvatsankacharya - Foreword by Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar - B.G. Paul & Co.

7. "Nilakantha Vijaya Campu" of Nilakantha Dikshita Preface by Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar - B.G. Paul & Co.

8. Sanskrit: Essay by Dr. Raghavan - Foreword by Dr. C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar B.G. Paul & Co.

BOOKS ON C.P.

1. Shashtiabdapoorthi Volume, Trivandrum, 1940.

2. C.P. at 80 - Associated Printers, Madras, 1959.

3. With Profound Respects by S. Chidambaram (C.P.'s. Private Secretary for 56 years) – Higginbothams, 1938.

4. The Dewan – A Writer's Note Book by Somerset Maugham.

5. Sir C.P. Remembered – Shakunthala Jagannathan, Vakil &Co., Bombay, 1999.

6.  Sir C.P. yum Swatantra Thiruvithamkoorum Vaadavum Sir C.P. Enna Villanum: Vittupoya Kannigal (Malayalam), Prof. Sreedhara Menon, D.C. Books, Kerala, 2000.

7.  American Model Arabikadalil: Sir C.P. yude paraajayapatta Bharanaparishkaara nirdesham (Malayalam), Prof. Sreedhara Menon, D.C. Books, Kerala, 2000.

8. Sir C.P. yum Swathanthra Thiruvithamkoorum: Charithra Rekhakaliloote (Malayalam), D.C. Books, Kerala, 1999.

9. Sir C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar – A Short Biography (Malayalam / English), A. Raghu, Imprint Books, Kerala, 1999.

10. C.P. – A Short Biography of C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar, A. Raghu, Prestige Books,
New Delhi, 1998.

For further details also see PUBLICATIONS

REFERENCE BOOKS ON C.P.

1. Thumb  Nail  Sketches by  Rt.  Hon. V.S.  Srinivasa Sastri  - S. Viswanathan & Co., Madras, 1946.

2. Eminent South Indians - Nilkan Perumal, 1934.

3. Book of South India by J.C. Malony, I.C.S., London.

4. Who's Who - 1923-1966, London.

5. Statesmen's Year Book 1921-1966, London.

6. Debrett's Peerages, Knights etc. -1921-1966, London.

7. An Indian Diary by Rt. Hon.E.S. Montague, Secretary of State for India, London.

8. Indian States and Transfer of Power in India by V.P. Menon, 1957.

9. Cauvery-Mettur Project - K.S. Sonachalam, Annamalai University, 1963.

10. Ooty Preserved by Molly Paynter Downes, Hamish Hamilton, London, 1967.

11. Proceedings of the Madras Legislative Council 1919 to 1928 - Govt. Press, Madras.

12. Proceedings of Indian Legislative Assembly - Delhi 1929-1930 - Govt. of India Press, New Delhi.

13. Proceedings of the Council of State, New Delhi - 1930-1932

14. Proceedings of Sri Moolam Assembly, Trivandrum - 1937-1947

15. Pilgrimage to Freedom - K.M. Munshi, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay.

16. Kalakshetra - Vol.7, No.2, Kalakshetra, Adyar.

17. History of the Indian National Congress - Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya, Padma Publishers Ltd., Bombay, 1935.

18. India's Fight for Freedom - Kanji Dwarakdas, Bombay.

19. The Saint of Sringeri in Sacred India - Dharma Prakash Press.

20. My Life - M.C. Setalwad, Tripathi.

21. Inside Asia - John Gunther- Harper, 1939.

22. We Two - Dr. and Margaret Cousins - Adyar.

23. Madras High Court Centenary - Commemorative Volumes , 1962.

24. Feathers  and Stones - Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya -  Padma  Publications, Bombay, 1946.