Kadambur M. R. Janarthanan (22 October 1929 – 26 December 2020) was a union
minister of
India
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and a leader of
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief mini ...
(AIADMK). He was union Minister of State, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions with additional Charge of minister of State for Finance (Revenue, Banking and Insurance). He held these portfolios in
Second Vajpayee Ministry
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Council of ministers
Cabinet ministers
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from 1998 to 1999.
He was born on 22 October 1929 in Kadambur village in
Thoothukudi district
Thoothukudi District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The district was formed by bifurcation of Tirunelveli district on 20 October 1986. Thoothukudi is the district headquarters and largest city of the distric ...
in
Tamil Nadu
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and became science graduate from Presidency College of
Madras University
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. He was agriculturist and trader by profession. He was imprisoned under
MISA in 1976 in the emergency.
He was first elected to the
Lok Sabha
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in 1984 from
Tirunelveli
Tirunelveli (, ta, திருநெல்வேலி, translit=Tirunelveli) also known as Nellai ( ta, நெல்லை, translit=Nellai) and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the Indian state of Tami ...
and then again to the 9th, 10th and 12th Lok Sabha.
Janarathanan was a short story writer and won Odum Railil Oruvan (short story in Tamil) in
Ananda Vikatan short story competition.
Electoral Career
Lok Sabha Elections Contested
References
*http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12tn36.htm
*https://web.archive.org/web/20080527051945/http://www.bjp.org/news/profile1.htm
People from Tamil Nadu
People from Thoothukudi district
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians
2020 deaths
Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu
India MPs 1989–1991
India MPs 1991–1996
India MPs 1998–1999
Indian people imprisoned during the Emergency (India)
1929 births
People from Tirunelveli district
India MPs 1984–1989
Presidency College, Chennai alumni
Union ministers from Tamil Nadu
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