- M. Subbaraya Aiyar
M. Subbaraya Aiyar"' (1985 –1963) was a prominent
Income Tax lawyer andphilanthropist born in Marayur,Tanjore District in the oldMadras Presidency ,. He started from humble beginnings in the village of Marayur and moved to Channai as a small boy. He was educated at theMadras Christian College and the Law College in Madras and became a High Court lawyer in 1930 under the law firm headed byC. P. Ramaswami Iyer . Aiyar was later associated withAldi Srinivas Iyer , father of renowned tamil actorKamal Hassan . After a successful practice in Income Tax Law, Aiyar co-founded three educational institutions:Vivekananda College ,Vidya Mandir andMadras Institute of Technology in Chromepet, Madras.
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