Lata Priyakumar was an Indian politician and former

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. She was elected to the

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as an

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

candidate from Arakkonam constituency in the 1991 election."1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results"
Election Commission of India She is the daughter of the

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and former

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Maragatham Chandrasekar Maragatham Chandrasekar (11 November 1917 – 26 October 2001) was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Personal life Maragatham Chandrasekar was born Maragatham Muniswami to Vidwan Kalathur Mun ...

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Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Tamil Nadu MLAs 1991–1996 {{TamilNadu-INC-politician-stub