M. P. Subramaniam was an

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from

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who joined the

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. Subramaniam was a member of the

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, representing Attur

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in Salem district for two terms. He was first elected as an

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in 1952; in 1957, he represented the

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 ...

party. Subramaniam was the TNCC president from 1980 to 1983, and the

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of the Legislative Council from 1984 until it was dissolved in 1986 by the then All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Government. When the late

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ga ...

floated his own

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Tamizhaga Munnetra Munnani Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani (1988-1989) was a short-lived political party found by veteran Tamil film actor Sivaji Ganesan in the year 1988. Sivaji Ganesan had a long running relation with many political parties, with his first movie itself being ...

in 1989, Subramaniam joined him, serving as working

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until he returned to the

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. He contested unsuccessfully from the

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constituency in 1998. Subramaniam died on 12 April 2005 in a

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Subramaniam, M. P. Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu 20th-century births 2005 deaths People from Salem district Madras MLAs 1952–1957