V. Balasundaram (1941/1942 – 7 December 2019) was an Indian politician who served as
Member of the Legislative Assembly of
Tamil Nadu. He was
Mayor of Chennai for the year 1969–70, and was elected to the
Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from
Acharapakkam constituency in
1971 election.
He was later described as a "veteran
Dalit leader", and became President of the Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam (Ambedkar People's movement), a
political movement
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in
Tamil Nadu working for the upliftment of Dalits.
References
1940s births
2019 deaths
Mayors of Chennai
Tamil Nadu MLAs 1971–1976
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians
Year of birth missing
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