V. Venkatasubba Reddiar was the second Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Pondicherry (Puducherry).Rahman, S. A.
The Beautiful India. Pondicherry
'. New Delhi: Reference Press, 2006. pp. 138–139 He was born in a wealthy agricultural family at Madukkarai, Pondicherry. His parents are Vaithilingam Reddiar and Vemalammal. His father Vaithilingam Reddiar was the Mayor of

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commune during French rule. His son

V. Vaithilingam V. Vaithilingam (born 5 October 1950) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress, who currently represents Puducherry in the Lok Sabha. He held the position as 11th Chief Minister of Pondicherry from 1991 to 1996 and 16t ...

also served as the

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."Vaithilingam sworn in as Puducherry Chief Minister"
IST, PTI (''Times of India''), 4 September 2008.

Political career

According to

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, Reddiar was "considered one of the architects who spearheaded the freedom struggle movement against the French ... ewas in the vanguard of defiant mass movements against the foreign rule. Congressmen in these parts look upon him as the Father of the movement to liberate Pondicherry." In 1946, as Mayor of

, he joined with the Mayor of Pondicherry (K. Muthu Pillai) to demand the French leave the territory and allow it to merge with the Indian Union. Twelve leaders including Reddiar formed a parallel government against French Government on 31 March 1954; Pondicherry merged with the Indian Union on 13 October 1954. On 1 July 1963, Reddiar became the Public Works Minister of Pondicherry and subsequently, became Chief Minister.

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Chief ministers of Puducherry 1981 deaths 1909 births Chief ministers from Indian National Congress State cabinet ministers of Puducherry Indian National Congress politicians from Puducherry Puducherry politicians Puducherry MLAs 1963–1964 {{Puducherry-INC-politician-stub

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