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C. Tadulinga Mudaliyar
1878–1954
A pioneering Indian botanist and agricultural educator, C. Tadulinga Mudaliyar helped bring the grasses of South India into clearer scientific focus. His work combined practical knowledge, botanical study, and public service in Madras.
1 Audiobook
A handbook of some South Indian grasses
by K. Rangachari, C. Tadulinga Mudaliyar
About the author
C. Tadulinga Mudaliyar, also known as Chinnakavanam Tadulingam, was an Indian botanist born in 1878 in the Madras Presidency. He studied at the Agricultural College in Coimbatore, later serving there as principal. He was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society and received the honorary title Rao Bahadur.
Mudaliyar is best known for his contribution to A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses (1921), prepared with K. Rangachari. He later wrote A Handbook of Some South Indian Weeds (1932), documenting common indigenous and introduced weeds of South India. Beyond botany, he served as Mayor of Madras from 1942 to 1943 and died in 1954.