Swami Sahajananda was an Indian politician and former
Member of the Legislative Assembly
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of
Tamil Nadu
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. He was elected to the
Tamil Nadu legislative assembly
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as an
Indian National Congress
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candidate from
Chidambaram constituency in
1952
Events January–February
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* February 6
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, and
1957 elections.
G. Vagheesam Pillai from Congress party was the second winner in both elections.
He was a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council between 1926 and 1932 and again between 1936 and 1947. After Independence, he was elected to the Assembly from the Chidambaram constituency and continued as a member till his death in 1959.
References
Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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