Chokalinga Chittibabu, commonly known as Mayor Chittibabu, was an Indian politician and former

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elected from

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. He was elected to the

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from Chengalpattu constituency as a

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...

candidate in

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and

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elections. He was first elected to the Madras Corporation in 1958 and was the Mayor of Madras in 1965. He was arrested under the

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after

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declared

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and the DMK government was dismissed in 1976. He was jailed along with DMK leaders and died of injuries due to police torture suffered while trying to save

M.K. Stalin Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin ( , born 1 March 1953), often referred to by his initials MKS, is an Indian Tamil politician serving as the 8th and current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The son of the former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, Stalin ...

in Madras Central Prison.

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Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India websiteM..K Stalin Prison Life
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chittibabu, C. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians India MPs 1967–1970 India MPs 1971–1977 Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu Mayors of Chennai 1935 births 1977 deaths People from Viluppuram district Politicians from Kanchipuram district