Rao family

The Tanjore Row, or Thanjavur Rao family, also known as the Reddy Royars, was a Tamil-Marathi Deshastha Brahmin clan from Tanjore who distinguished themselves in civil administration in the nineteenth century and thereafter. Originally migrant to Tamil lands in the train of Vyankoji Bhosale, Maratha general and half-brother to Shivaji, they established themselves in the resulting small Thanjavur Maratha kingdom in a civil capacity, extending their civil service to the British after Serfoji II yielded the management of his realms, with scions consequently becoming Dewans of Travancore (four members), Indore (two members), Hyderabad & Berar, Baroda, and Mysore.

Members

 * Diwan Bahadur Rai Raghunatha Rao - Diwan of Indore
 * Rai Raya Rai T. Venkata Rao - Diwan of Travancore, of Hyderabad & Berar
 * Rai T. Ranga Rao - Diwan of Travancore
 * Raja Sir T. Madhava Rao - Diwan of Travancore, of Indore, and of Baroda
 * Sir T. Ananda Rao - Diwan of Mysore
 * T. Rama Rao - Diwan of Travancore
 * Rao Saheb Udarasiromani T. Padmanabha Rao
 * Rao Saheb T. Sambamurthi Rao