Rao Bahadur Dhanakoti Mudaliar or Arcot Dhanakoti Mudaliar was a Zamindar, Philanthropist, and Businessman at the Madras Presidency in the later 19th Century.
[1] He was born in 1852 [2] and belonged to an Influential Vanniyar landowning family based in the then North Arcot district.
His nephew, A. Thangavelu Naicker, was also a contractor[3] He bequeathed his assets to many libraries and educational institutions.
He donated to the Victoria Memorial for the purchase of books, which were housed in the Connemara Public Library,[4] and also made several contributions to other causes.
He joined along with Sir Pitty Tyagaraya Chetty[7] and he was also one of the first executives in the council of The Victoria Technical Institute.