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Kalyan Vaidyanathan Kuttur Sunderam (11 May 1904 – 23 September 1992), also referred as K.V.K. Sundaram, was an Indian civil servant, who holds the record as the first Law Secretary (1948–58) of independent India and second Chief Election Commissioner of India (20 December 1958 – 30 September 1967). He also chaired the Fifth Law Commission of India for the period 1968–71. He was the principal author of the White Paper which was used to guide the formation of India into states drawn along linguistic lines after its independence. For this, he received personal thanks and high praise from Lord Louis Mountbatten. He was also a Sanskrit scholar, translating for English audiences the works of the Sanskrit writer Kalidasa. A man of humility and discretion, according to The Independent, Sundaram received in 1968 the second highest civilian award which can be bestowed by the Indian Government: the Padma Vibhushan.
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Kalyan Vaidyanathan Kuttur Sundaram 11 May 1904 Kuttur, Madras Presidency, British India
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23 September 1992 (aged 88) New Delhi, India
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Vivan Sundaram 2nd child with Indira Sher-Gil Male b. 1943 d. 29 Mar 2023 Age: 79 (at death) 1943-2023 Indian artist
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