The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Krishnaswami Aiyar, P. S.
Krishnaswami Aiyar, P. S., Diwan Bahadur (1894); b. 1895; descendant of a brahmin family who have furnished a long list of subordinate officials in the Tanjore District. educ: Government College, Kumbakonam; entered the service of Pudukkotah State, 1878; rose to the position of Joint Magistrate and Deputy Diwan, Peshkar; conducted the enfranchisement of the Inams in the State; his chief distinction lay in the methods he adopted for bringing to justice those concerned in the famous train dacoity case of 1893; retired, 1902. Address: Kodimangalam, Tanjore, Southern India.