Background
Chitnavis belonged to the prominent Chitnavis family of Nagpur, a Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu family that had followed the Bhonsla rulers from Berar to Nagpur in the middle of the eighteenth century. At Bhonsla court of Nagpur, Chitnavis had served as secretaries and ministers until the middle of the nineteenth century.
He was son of Madhav Rao Chitnavis. His brother Shankar Madhav Chitnavis was a Statutory officer and worked a deputy commissioner of Central Province.
Career
Was an Indian landholder and politician in the Central Provinces, British India. Chitnavis belonged to the prominent Chitnavis family of Nagpur, a Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu family that had followed the Bhonsla rulers from Berar to Nagpur in the middle of the eighteenth century. Chitnavis was president of the Nagpur Municipality.
In 1902, he was chosen to represent the Central Provinces at the coronation in London of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
He was Governor-appointed President of First and Second Legislative Council of Central Provinces and Berar during 1921-1923 and 1923-1926.
Membership
He was a appointed as a member of the Imperial Legislative Council in 1893 and represented the Landholders Constituency from the Central Provinces and Berar for several years. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.
