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| 1 | Mr. C. M. Schmidt (Registrar of the Chief Secretariat) | Officer in-charge | 1909 | 1911 |
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| 2 | Mr. H. H. Henry Dodwell, Esq., M.A., I.E.S., | Curator | 1911 | 1922 |
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| 3 | M. R. Ry. Diwan Bahadur V. Sekhara Menon Avargal, B.A., | Curator | 28-04-1925 | 30-06-1926 |
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| 4 | Mr. J. J. Cotton, Esq., M.A., I.C.S., | Curator | 01-07-1926 | 20-06-1927 |
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| 5 | M. R. Ry. A. V. Venkatarama Ayyar Avargal, M.A., L.T., | Curator | 17-12-1927 | 11-04-1930 |
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| 6 | Mr. P. Macqueen, Esq., I.C.S., | Curator | 12-04-1930 | 06-08-1930 |
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| 7 | Mr. G. T. Boag, Esq., C.I.E., I.C.S., | Curator | 19-08-1930 | 05-01-1931 |
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| 8 | Mr. P. Macqueen, Esq., I.C.S., | Curator | 10-03-1931 | 12-04-1934 |
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| 9 | Mr. P. Macqueen, Esq., I.C.S., | Curator | 13-10-1934 | 31-03-1935 |
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| 10 | Dr. B. S. Baliga, Ph.D (London) | Curator | 01-04-1935 | 21-09-1958 |
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| 11 | Thiru. S. Chidambaram, I.A.S., | Curator | 16-02-1961 | 09-10-1962 |
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| 12 | Thiru. N. S. Natarajan, Assistant Curator | Curator(I/c) | 10-10-1962 | 30-10-1962 |
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| 13 | Thiru. C. P. Kelu Erady, I.A.S., | Curator | 31-10-1962 | 04-02-1963 |
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| 14 | Thiru. N. S. Natarajan, Assistant Curator | Curator(I/c) | 04-02-1963 | 17-09-1963 |
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| 15 | Thiru. C. K. Gopalan Nambiar, -do- | Curator(I/c) | 18-09-1963 | 02-01-1966 |
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| 16 | Thiru. G. Victor Solomon, B.A.(Hons.) | Curator | 03-01-1966 | 30-06-1966 |
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| 17 | Thiru. J. K. Manickam, B.A., | Curator | 01-07-1966 | 14-06-1967 |
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| 18 | Thiru. P. K. Nambiar, I.A.S., | Curator | 15-06-1967 | 06-06-1968 |
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| 19 | Thiru. Singarajan, M.A., M.Litt., | Director | 07-06-1968 | 18-11-1973 |
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| 20 | Thiru. Singarajan, M.A., M.Litt., | Director | 01-08-1975 | 31-10-1986 |